The article chooses to take a metric that you usually do not see much: GDP per employee and per hours worked, at purchasing power standards

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    10 months ago

    I think one of the more urgent reforms that could help the EU prosper would be a common fiscal policy. We have the same tarifs on goods coming from abroad and most of us share the same currency, but countries are still offering varying tax rates. I think having an EU wide tax policy would help spreading the European branches of foreign companies more evenly. Though I reckon not everyone would like this (wink wink, Ireland).

    It’s interesting because every US state has a different fiscal policy (Delaware being the well-known tax heaven for companies for instance), and it doesn’t seem to hinder them too much.