I had a friend who own an apartment building in California. Eviction is really hard there. Whenever a new resident moved in, my friend would file an eviction notice against them. Then 6 months later, if they turned out to be a good tenant, he would redraw the suit, but if they turned out to be bad, he had the eviction ready.
Don't underestimate the degree to which coping is avoiding the formal sector entirely and doing things under the table. Or via bribery to prevent enforcement of the rules.
I had a friend who own an apartment building in California. Eviction is really hard there. Whenever a new resident moved in, my friend would file an eviction notice against them. Then 6 months later, if they turned out to be a good tenant, he would redraw the suit, but if they turned out to be bad, he had the eviction ready.
Don't underestimate the degree to which coping is avoiding the formal sector entirely and doing things under the table. Or via bribery to prevent enforcement of the rules.
Moral of the story: If you're good at making bureaucrats happy, you'll be really good at making customers happy.
I went to Scotts link and his example of an anti-blackface is Fauci and the COVID tyrannizers are his heroes. Ugh...
"I’ve been to almost every major region of Spain, and wherever I go, the country is bursting with high-quality commerce. "
I know nothing of Europe or Spain.
But, given the 3 year start up period, isn't it just as likely that the bureaucratic barrier insulates existing businesses from competition?