The UNDP have made the claim that inequality has increased in NZ, USA and UK following the end of the Cold War - can't look for teh reference now.
----- Original Message ---- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Wednesday, 19 September, 2007 12:28:08 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] Human Freedom Index
The 1991 Human Development Report <http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/ 1991/en/pdf/hdr_1991_ch1.pdf> came up with a Human Freedom Index, based on countries' performance on some 40 measures of personal freedom. The rankings of those in the top group, "high freedom":
1 Sweden
2 Denmark
3 Netherlands
4 Finland
5 New Zealand
6 Austria
7 Norway
8 France
9 Germany 10 Belgium 11 Canada 12 Switzerland 13 USA 14 Australia 15 Japan 16 UK 17 Greece 18 Costa Rica
With the exception of NZ, the Anglo-Saxon "liberal" countries are not at the top of this list. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
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