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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jul 30

    Europe isn’t socialist, but in many ways (e.g, avoiding regulatory capture and anti-market lobbying) it does capitalism better. https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/07/29/see-capitalism-its-finest-you-might-have-visit-europe/VM2rwMYSiBIrQnTvPAmaTO/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

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      2. David, son of Robert‏ @mathswithdavid Jul 30
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Hate to be the one to break the news, but it’s actually a continent composed of 44 countries including quite a range of political systems. Some even have Kings and Queens.

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      3. Timothy Graham‏ @Greachain Jul 30
        Replying to @mathswithdavid @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        You're not breaking that news. The article mentions that as a factor.

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      4. David, son of Robert‏ @mathswithdavid Jul 30
        Replying to @Greachain @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        As a factor in how “Europe does capitalism “?

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      2. Mohieldin Gamal‏ @mohimg Jul 30
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Thank you! There’s an assumption in America that anything less than a completely free and unregulated market is communism. As if there is nothing in between. Same goes for the UK - Denmark is still a capitalist nation by definition, as the Tories constantly remind us.

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      2. Gordon ©️ 🦍  🇪🇺‏ @kritikos2000 Jul 30
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Europe is absolutely not homogeneous. How to compare France, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland,... ?

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      3. Derek Rayrose‏ @derekrayki Jul 30
        Replying to @kritikos2000 @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        A picture speaks a thousand wordspic.twitter.com/VIYdfKMjHf

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      1. P-Brane‏ @BraneRunner Jul 30
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Americans tend to be brainwashed about “socialism vs capitalism” They are not opposites! You should give up your job at Harvard and move to Germany, Steven 😉

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      2. James Thompson‏Verified account @JamesPsychol Jul 30
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Not really. European companies struggle to achieve global reach with new companies. US has done better. French had a start with Mintel and then blew it

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      2. MGPB‏ @pragmatictake Jul 30
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Why doesn’t aeurooe have any leading edge tech companies with global presence?

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      3. MGPB‏ @pragmatictake Jul 30
        Replying to @pragmatictake @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Europe*

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      4. Sailingpip‏ @sailingpip Jul 30
        Replying to @pragmatictake @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        We have let the usa compete unfairly by not paying there taxes for decades, I agree that needs to stop.

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      5. Zyfco Tunning‏ @chteudoublefok Jul 30
        Replying to @sailingpip @pragmatictake and

        And lack of investment, collaboration

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      1. Susan Rockwell‏ @redact_group Jul 30
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Because the theocratic fascists of the U.S. were never capitalists. They parroted the word like the obedient soldiers they are, but they were never capitalists.

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      2. Fernando Gomollón‏ @fgomollon Jul 30
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        We have many things to improve in #Europe A key determinant of good capitalism is a Universal Health Care system, I think.

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      2. SchizoPete‏ @PeterJohnKattz Jul 30
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        No True Socialism. If the EU model is what people want, than that is what they want, whatever its True name is.

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