http://www.fraserinstitute.org/uploadedFiles/fraser-ca/Content/research-news/research/publications/towards-a-worldwide-index-of-human-freedom.pdf The latest Personal Freedom Index ranking shows some interesting surprises. For instance, one could conclude that it is unfortunate that only three and a half million people live in a country like Uruguay
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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inequality-adjusted_HDI -- 1st
Corruption Perception Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index -- 1st
Literacy rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate -- 1st
Press Freedom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwide_Press_Freedom_Index -- 1st
Economic Freedom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Economic_Freedom -- 2nd
Employment rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_unemployment_rate -- 2nd
Global Peace Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index -- 2nd
Infant mortality rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_mortality_rate_(2005) -- 2nd
Life expectancy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy -- 2nd
Legatum Prosperity Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatum_Prosperity_Index -- 2nd
GDP (PPP) per capita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita -- 3rd
Human Development Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index -- 3rd
Quality of Life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-of-life_index -- 4th
Etc
Of course I am aware that numbers are hardly able to tell us the full story about the actual conditions in these countries compared to each other, and like I said, people voting with their feet might be a much more reliable indicator than any researches and any indexes. And still, there they are.
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This is not criticism of your post, and I do not need a list of other research. But I did sit down and read that whole thing, and found it highly note worthy.
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