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I agree lets look at this empirically. Or as close to it as we casually can. Lets take the top 3 results for Googling "productivity nation" (without quotes) where we can easily get a list to avoid cherrypicking.

https://collectivehub.com/2018/02/15-of-the-worlds-most-prod...

Lists US as 6th ahead of most European countries

https://time.com/4621185/worker-productivity-countries/

US is 5th ahead of most European countries

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...

US is 3rd ahead of most European countries. (I think this is a slightly more trustworthy number because its simpler and less prone to monkeybusiness like adding 'worklife' balance into the equation like other figures do.

So yes the empirical evidence seems to indicate that the US model is ahead of the EU in general. Its not the best but then again I never said that employment models is the be all end all of everything productivity.

Let's look at mobility, when I say upward mobility. I don't mean simply making do or even living adequately. I mean being ambitious and actually breaking out and being very successful and maintaining it. One straightforward way is to look at USD millionaires per capita.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/262687/countries-with-th...

US is 3rd ahead of all the EU.