Source – investmentwatchblog.com
– Americans’ assessments of their personal freedom have significantly declined under President Obama, according to a new study from the Legatum Institute in London, and the United States now ranks below 20 other countries on this measure.
The research shows that citizens of countries including France, Uruguay, and Costa Rica now feel that they enjoy more personal freedom than Americans.
As the Washington Examiner reported this morning, representatives of the Legatum Institute are in the U.S. this week to promote the sixth edition of their Prosperity Index. The index aims to measure aspects of prosperity that typical gross domestic product measurements don’t include, such as entrepreneurship and opportunity, education, and social capital
Germany tops USA as ‘world’s favorite country’…
Well, it took about 70 years.
Yes, from being the world’s pariah in the decades following Nazism and World War II, Germany is now the world’s favorite country, according to the Anholt-Gfk Nations Brand Index, which measures the image of 50 leading nations.
The Teutonic powerhouse knocked the United States from its longtime perch at the top of the ratings, which measure “twenty-three different attributes that make up the six overall dimensions on which national image is based.”
“Germany appears to have benefited not only from the sports prowess it displayed … at the FIFA World Cup championship, but also by solidifying its perceived leadership in Europe through a robust economy and steady political stewardship,” said Simon Anholt, who created the index in 2005.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/11/18/germany-is-the-worlds-favorite-country-survey-says/19221047/
http://investmentwatchblog.com/study-american-personal-freedom-now-ranks-below-20-other-nations-germany-tops-usa-as-worlds-favorite-country/#3jAdcAti5tJ47oR3.99
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