S2.1 It’s finally time to leverage pension funds to foster EU productivity and benefit pensioners

It’s finally time to leverage pension funds to foster EU productivity and benefit pensionersBy J. Scott MarcusWhy does the EU fail to produce its own Google, Amazon or Facebook? Is Europe lacking entrepreneurship, technical savvy or simply imagination? Contrary to what many think, in every year for the past five years, the EU has created more high-tech start-ups than the US; however, many European start-up firms whither on the vine due to a lack of finance. Yet a simple solution has been lying in plain sight for decades – we simply need to grasp it. The answer, as with a great many questions, is money. Watch more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.