As an American living in Germany for the past decade, I've seen time and time again that Germans are much more difficult to persuade to donate any amount of money anywhere than Americans are. I suspect this is due to 1) the high tax rate here and 2) the general notion that this is government's job to solve.
I'm very interested in working on YIMBYism in Berlin/Germany - I just have to find the time!
The UK also has little private funding going to think tanks and research bodies. Very few UK business schools have received any private funding; almost all US Business Schools have a major donor. It could be that compared to the US, in Europe and the UK, the State has played a much larger role in education and other areas. Rich individuals view these activities as something the state funds and so there is no "culture" of private donations.Fir example, as compared to the US, the number of private Universities is miniscule in both the Europe and the UK.
As an American living in Germany for the past decade, I've seen time and time again that Germans are much more difficult to persuade to donate any amount of money anywhere than Americans are. I suspect this is due to 1) the high tax rate here and 2) the general notion that this is government's job to solve.
I'm very interested in working on YIMBYism in Berlin/Germany - I just have to find the time!
So, why are European elites uninterested in policy? Are they happy with existing policy?
The UK also has little private funding going to think tanks and research bodies. Very few UK business schools have received any private funding; almost all US Business Schools have a major donor. It could be that compared to the US, in Europe and the UK, the State has played a much larger role in education and other areas. Rich individuals view these activities as something the state funds and so there is no "culture" of private donations.Fir example, as compared to the US, the number of private Universities is miniscule in both the Europe and the UK.