Bryan, big thanks for your activism and actions in Central and Eastern Europe. It is very important at the moment due to many problems as regarding democracy and rule of law. It is a bad moment for Europe.
Just a bit of nitpicking: all those countries are located in Central Europe, not in Eastern Europe. Anyway, thanks for visiting us. I really enjoyed your lecture. 🙂
On the debate with Zoltán Pogátsa, the argument was welfare states have been good for social mobility, and you blushed a bit there.
It's widely believed, but might not actually be true.
James Heckman has done probably the deepest possible analysis of Denmark on social mobility and found no significant differences in social mobility compared to countries with lower welfare spending: https://hceconomics.uchicago.edu/news/research-spotlight-lessons-denmark-about-inequality-and-social-mobility
Bryan, big thanks for your activism and actions in Central and Eastern Europe. It is very important at the moment due to many problems as regarding democracy and rule of law. It is a bad moment for Europe.
Just a bit of nitpicking: all those countries are located in Central Europe, not in Eastern Europe. Anyway, thanks for visiting us. I really enjoyed your lecture. 🙂