Friday, November 30, 2012

Silver Spoon Nation

From The Brisbane Times

Original source

Australia will be the second-best country in the world to be born in next year, a study says.

The "lucky country" scored 8.12 out of a possible 10 points, just 0.1 behind Switzerland, The Economist's Intelligence Unit said in their 2013 where-to-be-born index released last week.

Indicators used include geography, demography, social and cultural characteristics, government policies and the state of the world economy.

The list was dominated by smaller economies, with larger European economics such as Great Britain (27th), France (26th) and Germany (16th) languishing further down the list. The US, which topped the 1998 list, came in 16th.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/australia-the-worlds-secondbest-place-to-be-born-study-20121128-2adk0.html#ixzz2DfdIu8C5



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