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America’s Performance on the Important International Rankings

Eric Zuesse The least unreliable international rankings will here be linked-to for the various nations, on: per-person income, economic growth-rate, economic equality, happiness (perceived well-being), percentage in prison, murder rate, life-expectancy, perceived democracy of government, trust in the government, and governmental corruptness. The complete rankings will be shown only for happiness, because that might be […]

Oh, Canada! Canada holds 6th place, U.S. drops off top 10 list of most economically free nations in 2014

Canada has held its sixth place ranking out of 178 ranked countries in the conservative Heritage Foundation’s 2014 Index of Economic Freedom, with an overall score of 80.2 in the free category, with the U.S. dropping to 12th place, with an overall score of 75.5 in the mostly free category. Canada exceeds the United States […]