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The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now (www.economist.com)

submitted 2 days ago by tfm to c/Europe

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[–] iamtherealwalrus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wrong.

[–] banghida@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Source?

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What about you? What's your source?

[–] banghida@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

According to a survey by the European Union, 9% of Europeans said they had invested in shares

https://euronerd.com/insights/europe-investor-statistics/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/comments/1d389h1/comment/l66xmib/

Stocks are not a thing in Europe, generally speaking.

[–] banghida@lemm.ee -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lol getting downvoted for this. Am I on Reddit?

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

Probably for using Reddit as a source. Wasn't me tho, at least you responded.

The other article mentions ~8% of Europeans and ~15% of Americans invest in stock directly. It's less common, but not as if no one does it at all, either.

I do find it funny how my comment was downvoted as well (2 up incl my own, 2 down); I just found it weird that the person making a claim ('few Europeans invest in stocks') doesn't have to provide a source, but rather the person disagreeing is expected to. Maybe that's a common thing, but it is odd in my opinion. But that could be because I'm young or w/e