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by moondowner 44 days ago
> Western Europe and the US built their economy in Poland, because the labor is educated and cheap. > There are almost no globally competitive Polish companies.

Same issue in all southern and eastern European countries.

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Grossly incorrect and unfounded. There are no Googles there, but there are plenty of mid tier companies delivering quality products. For a blatant example see e.g. Shelly in Bulgaria. Or depending on how you count South, e.g. Vinci or Eni or car producers in Italy.

And not everyone needs to succeed in industrial household names, that e.g. much of southern European economies come from tourism is not a bad thing.

Shelly is anything but quality and also a niche product, when juxtaposed with car manufacturers you mention.
Why stop there. Make it all Europe and the Marshall plan.we can probably go back to the Roman empire if we try.