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Simon Anholt: Which country does the most good for the world

submitted by Joe Motion

(lurgee)
9 years 10 months 3 weeks ago

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It's an unexpected side effect of globalization: problems that once would have stayed local—say, a bank lending out too much money—now have consequences worldwide. But still, countries operate independently, as if alone on the planet. Policy advisor Simon Anholt has dreamed up an unusual scale to get governments thinking outwardly: The Good Country Index. In a riveting and funny talk, he answers the question, "Which country does the most good?" The answer may surprise you (especially if you live in the US or China).

5 Comments

Dumdeedum says...

To counter all the clickbait-style teasing, it's Ireland. The thumbnail shows the ranking.

I've always differentiated between being proud to be <nationality>, and being patriotic; this talk is a great way to differentiate. I don't care about being the greatest, but it's great to be the goodest.

Of course, being Irish, I can say that with a little extra smugness. Yay us.

Some interesting Rankings that weren't shown:
Canada 12th
Australia 14th
United States 21st

Brazil 49th
Mexico 66th
Saudi Arabia 92nd
Qatar 111th
Iraq 123rd
Lybia 125th

Some interesting Stats:

#1 Science & Technology = United Kingdom
#1 Culture = Belgium
#1 Int'l Peace and Security = Egypt
#1 World Order = Germany
#1 Planet & Climate = Iceland
#1 Prosperity & Equality = Ireland
#1 Health & Well Being = Spain

http://www.goodcountry.org/overall

Moving this video to lurgee's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

Praetor says...

This one made me chuckle.

He might want to re-title that category.

#1 World Order = Germany

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