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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (11597)	7/2/2007 10:59:42 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224749

Independent study:The Global Prosperity Index, based on both material wealth and life satisfaction of individuals, sees North America and Europe dominate the table, with New Zealand the only southern hemisphere country to make it into the top 10. Compiled by independent think-tank the Legatum Institute for Global Development, the index claims to go beyond the traditional financial measures to calculate a country's relative prosperity. It looks at indicators on life satisfaction, including freedom of choice, a country's health and climate, alongside individual material wealth. As such, Norway achieved top scores for its positive social conditions as well as rapid economic growth. Sweden performs marginally less well economically, but makes up for this by having very high levels of political and civil liberties, leisure time and equality of opportunity. Zimbabwe came out bottom in the analysis of 50 countries. Extreme lack of individual freedom, ill health and high unemployment led to a very low rating of life satisfaction for the African nation. Other countries towards the lower end of the index include Pakistan, Egypt, Bangladesh and India. Legatum Prosperity Index (Overall rankings) Norway/Sweden/United States Austria Canada/New Zealand Denmark Germany/Finland Switzerland Australia Singapore/ Netherlands Ireland Iceland Mexico Israel/United Kingdom Belgium/Spain

To: American Spirit who wrote (11597)	7/2/2007 11:12:44 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Part II: Life Satisfaction: The U.S. earns a high place in Life Satisfaction by virtue of positive social values, including freedom of choice and religious faith. Material Wealth: The US is exceptionally successful in inducing citizens to turn their wealth into productive fixed capital, with a very attractive environment for business. The US is actually relatively weakly integrated into the global economy, although this may be less of a constraint on growth due to high domestic levels of technological innovation.