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August 13, 2014
"Like a Swiss Watch:" The World's Best Government
Among the countries of the world, Switzerland ranks:
No. 1 in "life satisfaction" (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's Better Life Index);
No. 1 in "global competitiveness" (World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index);
No. 2 in "labor -force participation rate" (OECD Labor Force Statistics);
No. 3 in "happiness" (United Nations World Happiness Report);
No. 4 in "economic freedom" (Fraser Institute and Cato Institute Economic Freedom of the World Report);
No. 7 in "per-capita income" on a purchasing-power parity basis (International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook);
No. 2 in "overall prosperity" (Legatum Institute's Prosperity Index); and
No. 1 in "life expectancy at birth" (OECD Better Life Index).
-- The Brussels Journal
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One of the most totalitarian governments on earth, as well, which begs the question: why does the UN rank them so high in all these categories?
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at August 13, 2014 10:46 AM
In what way?
Posted by: ghostsniper at August 13, 2014 11:00 AM
The only things I know about the Swiss are that they make watches and chocolate and have decent banking.
They managed to stay neutral during WWII.
All Swiss youth serve a term in the military and all the male citizens are armed all the time.
Posted by: chasmatic at August 13, 2014 9:56 PM