First: <i>&quot;Sweden, for instance, has a higher startup rate than America, and less income inequality — as do a number of other countries.&quot;</i><p>To the extend it can be measured, the metric that matters isn&#x27;t the number of startups (&quot;employer enterprise birth rate&quot; in the Sweden link). It&#x27;s the net value generated by them.<p>Second: <i>&quot;Would anyone choose the second world?&quot;</i><p>Yes, startup founders would. Because they can fix poverty with the value their startup generated.