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Where in the world is it easiest to get rich? | Harald Eia | TEDxOslo
Sociologist and comedian Harald Eia argues in a TEDxOslo talk that Nordic social democracies produce more rich people per capita than the US or UK. He credits high taxes, welfare and strong unions for creating a safety net that enables risk taking.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TEDx Talks
- Topic
- nordic wealth and social mobility
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 12
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2023
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From the original HN conversations
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Just giving money will not work, see Saudi Arabia. They have all the money they can dream of and did not evolve. If you want it to work it needs 3 things: 1) Free Education 2) High Taxes 3) Strong Unions Sounds leftist? It may …
okket on Hacker News · 2016-05
In GiveDirectly Planning to Give $30M in Basic Income to East AfricaIt was a tidbit that I ran across in [VIDEO] which had some other interesting data points as well. Such as the fact that when you look at rich people per capita, it seems that social democracies like Canada, and Scandinavia create rich people more …
btilly on Hacker News · 2017-06
In A tale of two Canadas: Where you grew up affects your income in adulthoodHere is an interesting related tedx talk about the proportion of rich people in Nordic socialist countries [VIDEO]
willvarfar on Hacker News · 2018-04
In Yanis Varoufakis: Marx predicted our present crisis – and points the way out
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