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George Eliot

(701 posts) Fri Jun 10, 2016, 10:42 PM Jun 2016

Best countries for Business - 2015 Forbes [View all]

This will shock people. We keep going down. Social democracies are doing pretty well Check it out.
http://www.forbes.com/best-countries-for-business/list/#tab verall
1 Denmark
2 New Zealand
3 Norway
4 Ireland
5 Sweden
6 Finland
7 Canada
8 Singapore
9 Netherlands
10 United Kingdom
11 Hong Kong
12 Switzerland
13 Iceland
14 Australia
15 Belgium
16 Portugal
17 Lithuania
18 Germany
19 Estonia
20 Slsovenia
21 Taiwan
22. US

It goes through 144 countries the worst being Chad.
http://www.forbes.com/best-countries-for-business/ This site give more context.

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Best countries for Business - 2015 Forbes [View all] George Eliot Jun 2016 OP

i can't read the article...pay protected. how are they better for business? spanone Jun 2016 #1

The United States has a ton of regulations and laws yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #3

Those countries are more regulated. Esp. the northern soc. democracies. George Eliot Jun 2016 #4

Take a closer look at the ranking again. They are virtually unanimous in having tighter regulations hedda_foil Jun 2016 #5

I just expressed my opinion. I don't have any libertarianism at all. yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #6

That is an incredibly inaccurate statement davekriss Jun 2016 #15

Sorry for so much to read but this gives you most important information. George Eliot Jun 2016 #7

awesome brettdale Jun 2016 #2

We are a social democracy... Jnclr89 Jun 2016 #8

Under FDR and Johnson we were becoming an SD but are we still? George Eliot Jun 2016 #9

Oligarchy didn't run the country back in the day? Jnclr89 Jun 2016 #10

IMO, no. FDR - "they hate me..." George Eliot Jun 2016 #12

Did you notice that every country ahead of us has gov't run, single payer health care? Fuddnik Jun 2016 #11

Yes. I don't know why Americans don't get that. It's been part of the conversation for years. George Eliot Jun 2016 #13

Capitalists say socialist countries are better than US for capitalism. Festivito Jun 2016 #14