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Western Europe

3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Benedict Evans · said 28 times in 16 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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brought up most by Benedict Evans (7), Tyler Cowen (5), Marc Andreessen (4), Steven Sinofsky (2), Safi Bahcall (2), Balaji Srinivasan (2), Trevor McFedries (1), Parag Khanna (1)

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Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2020
Evans predicts mobile penetration in sub-Saharan Africa will reach 70 to 80%
“You look at sub-Saharan Africa, it's already at 40% population penetration of mobile phones, and that will go up to the same 70, 80% that you have in Western Europe.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:59 a16z Podcast | A Copernican Update ... In Tech, the Smartphone is the Center
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Insight
Cowen: Comparing the US to Asia rather than Europe reveals American complacency
“Americans typically contrast their own nation with Western Europe. That's the tradition. And then America feels so dynamic, because Western Europe is even more sluggish. And stagnant. And that's a big mistake. The notion that you should stop being Tocqueville.…”
Tyler Cowen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:37 a16z Podcast | Technology, Mobility, and the American Dream
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Cowen: Western Europe has higher wealth inequality than the US
“If you look at inequality of wealth rather than income, a lot of Western Europe has higher inequality than America does.”
Tyler Cowen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 23:00 a16z Podcast | Technology, Mobility, and the American Dream
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