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The hot new name in tech is France, a centuries-old startup that provides security, healthcare, and education in exchange for taxes. 

Newly elected French president Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the country needs to « think and move more like a startup » and, presumably, less like a stodgy social democracy.

« When an entrepreneur has too much success, he gets stigmatized and, in general, he gets taxed. This is over! » Macron told a crowd of techies in Paris, according to Reuters. « We will drive through these [sic] transformation without delay. » Read more…

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