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Most people work for big companies or smaller companies supplying big companies. A tiny percentage of the economy is the typical start up model. Start ups !== the economy.

It’s almost as if large investments are a sign of a good economic outlook.

I thought all the big banks and big companies were fleeing to the US for the same reason?

The whole EU banking sector is worth as much as one big US bank.

Funny that you chose Amsterdam to give an example: this is one of the places in Europe where there actually are IT startups - some "home-grown", some moved from elsewhere. "Nobody" is plainly not true.

I specifically chose Amsterdam for that reason actually, it is probably the best place in Europe to start and run a business and it still sucks compared to the US.

Americans can actually move to the Netherlands easily because of special arrangements for starting businesses, but you won’t be surprised to find out most aren’t taking them up on that offer.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-netherlands-co...