That would be up to you to show. By default, I trust the Economist more than I trust a random guy.
> Except that income lets you get better life for you and your family.
We're in a thread about whether the non-monetary QoL aspects make up for less money. This is irrelevant.
> Except that unlike Amsterdam, none of those cities are in the EU therefore not accessible to EU labor, and we were talking about a sum in Euros.
First of all, at these levels you can move almost anywhere. It's not that difficult to get a visa for skilled work. Second, you said Europe. London is in Europe just fine. Talking about Euros hardly matters. Sweden and Switzerland are both part of Shengen, don't use Euros, but you could move there trivially. Zurich probably pays better and has better QoL as well.