Worlds Best Country according to Newsweek

[Francis]

And interesting article on the Status of the country you live in and how it was ranked.. There are two parts to this article so I will post both the main link and the sub link that shows how they rated each country..

The main Article about the Worlds Best Country
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/interactive-infographic-of-the-worlds-best-countries.html

The link that provides the guidelines on how they ranked the countries..
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/world-s-best-countries-categories-metrics-and-methodology.html

The main article if you are interested..
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/16/best-countries-in-the-world.html

Note the map on the front article does not match the rankings in the list. I would imagine this was just for illustrations and might have been the older rankings but I could not find any comments or history on that

 

[Peter Parka]

USA - 11
Singapore - 20

Kelvin?

 

[cam elle toe]

Aus #4:thumbup

Behind 2 Scandinavian countries and Switzerland....stands to reason

 

[Peter Parka]

Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long Holly.

Harry Lime, The Third Man

 

[Zorak]

Aus #4:thumbup

Behind 2 Scandinavian countries and Switzerland....stands to reason

Finland isn't Scandinavia :surrender

 

[edgray]

Singapore ahead of Spain?!! Damn, we're doing something wrong somewhere....

 

[porterjack]

Finland isn't Scandinavia :surrender

i thought it was

 

[Abcinthia]

i thought it was

Apparantly Zorak is right (there's a first time for everything I suppose )

Scandinavia[1] is a region in northern Europe that includes Denmark and the Scandinavian Peninsula's two nations, Norway and Sweden. Finland is sometimes considered a Scandinavian country in common English usage, and Iceland and the Faroe Islands are sometimes also included, although this usage is considered incorrect in Scandinavia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia

 

[porterjack]

well I have learned something today

 

[Peter Parka]

Who cares if the're officially Scandinavian or not, it dosen't stop them all voting for each other in the Eurovision song contest.:surrender

 

[Minor Axis]

Consider the top three countries on the list- Finland, Switzerland, and Sweden are highly socialistic. Imagine. Maybe our conservative forum members can chime in on how this is possible. Wait, I know..... it's all a lie, liberal bias published in a liberal rag!

 

[Kyle B]

Consider the top three countries on the list- Finland, Switzerland, and Sweden are highly socialistic. Imagine. Maybe our conservative forum members can chime in on how this is possible. Wait, I know..... it's all a lie, liberal bias published in a liberal rag!

Cuba is also socialist.

 

[Zorak]

I'm sorry, but any country like Finland or Iceland where it costs $10-$20 for a pint is a bloody hell hole!

 

[AstriaPorta]

I don't think there is best county all have something nice and bad ..

if you have your work and be happy no matter where you live is nice and if another country seems better well can always go on holidays

 

[Minor Axis]

I'm sorry, but any country like Finland or Iceland where it costs $10-$20 for a pint is a bloody hell hole!

Apparently Finland has a high standard of living. How can this be reconciled?

 

[cam elle toe]

Finland isn't Scandinavia :surrender

Apparantly Zorak is right (there's a first time for everything I suppose )



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia

Thankyou Abi and Zorak for todays Geography lesson...:willy_nilly:

 

[Francis]

I'm sorry, but any country like Finland or Iceland where it costs $10-$20 for a pint is a bloody hell hole!

I guess that depends.. If you make $1000.00 an hour, it's peanuts, but if you make $5.00 an hour that's gold..

 

[Peter Parka]

I honestly dont think people there make $1000 an hour, dude.

 

[Azazel]

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