Opinion | 'We're No. 28! And Dropping!' - The New York Times - 1 views
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The newest Social Progress Index, shared with me before its official release Thursday morning, finds that out of 163 countries assessed worldwide, the United States, Brazil and Hungary are the only ones in which people are worse off than when the index began in 2011. And the declines in Brazil and Hungary were smaller than America’s.
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The index, inspired by research of Nobel-winning economists, collects 50 metrics of well-being — nutrition, safety, freedom, the environment, health, education and more — to measure quality of life.
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Norway comes out on top in the 2020 edition, followed by Denmark, Finland and New Zealand.
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