No Mercy / No Malice: Europe IRL

Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.

New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Scott Galloway, and this is no mercy, no malice. Americans have been taught to believe that billionaires and universal healthcare cannot coexist. That's bullshit. Europe, IRL, as read by George Hahn.

After roaming the earth for 35 years, my conclusion is the US is the best place to make money and Europe. is the best place to spend it. Though Europe does have dynamic countries that the shitposting narrative regarding structural decline ignores. Living in the UK for the past four years and traveling around the continent, I've observed two versions of Europe a stagnant welfare state limping toward insolvency, exaggerated but true in places, and a dynamic fusion of capitalism, full-body contact violence in the market that unleashes innovation and opportunity, with a meaningful social safety net, real but overlooked by Americans.

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