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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’ve seen this debate on here before. Mixed economies leaning more toward social democracy, such as Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland, lauded by the American left, then meeting pushback citing apparent lack of innovation, how Norway would be poor without its gas reserves, or how Sweden is making a right turn due to immigration and so on.

This all being said, various global ratings such as the Freedom House freedom index, the Human Development Index, the Global Happiness Report, World Population Review healthcare ranking, OECD Better Life index and many others, frequently place Northern European countries above the USA. 
What do you think these organizations value that places these countries on top versus the US, and do you think it’s justified? Are there other global, reputable, organizations making similar country rankings that place the USA as #1 or in the top 5 for different metrics, for example, say, ease of doing business? What do you think is missing here, or does the USA really only rank as #1 in our own minds?[/quote]

Homogeneous population [/quote]

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