(02-20-2020 12:28 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(02-20-2020 12:15 PM)Fountains of Wayne Graham Wrote:  

(02-20-2020 12:13 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(02-20-2020 12:02 PM)Fountains of Wayne Graham Wrote:  What if having a safety net inspires people to take more entrepreneurial risks because they know that they have a society that will support them even if they fail?

Then the best examples of entrepreneurial hot beds would be the ex-Soviet Union and Cuba. The objective data really doesnt back your assertions.

Nor does the example of the Nordic countries help your thesis much.

Why?

Liberals have total dominance in a few states... certainly a few localities... Why don't they put their money where their mouths are (as opposed to imposing it on a nation where at least half the country doesn't support them) and see what happens?

A globally leading nation of 350mm people where 150+mm of them don't support you isn't the place for an academic experiment. Try it in Venezuela, or Equador, or Cuba, or Haiti/DR etc etc etc

Venezuela has seemingly gone to a place that show massive contradictions: it has the official socialist veneer of 'social support' with a realistic core that is as close to Lord of the Flies free market that you can imagine.

Bad example, Ham.