2014年7月5日 星期六

Which country does the most good for the world?

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July 5, 2014

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

17:54 minutes · Filmed Jun 2014 · Posted Jul 2014 · TEDSalon Berlin 2014

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).

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  Last year in a TED talk about credit rating agencies, I posted

“The numbers the 3 agencies use are not secret: employment rate, GDP, GNP, debt, green investments, housing prices, and many others. So if really just wanted to reform rating agencies and not looking to influence the markets themselves, they would collect the data and create an easy way for anyone to custom-build their own formula. Let the investors decide if employment rate trending is more or less important than green investments vs GDP. “

In that spirit I suggest Simon Anholt ... let people create their own formulas. Crowd-source the rankings, and he would be able to see what aspects people found important, as well as how countries ranked.

To me, a good country would score high in freedom of speech, number of free MOOCs, number of small businesses and private-sector jobs, but some may feel that the amount of tourists or hospitals is a sign of a good country."
 
 

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