2005 Human Development Report!
Here is the top 10:
1. Norway
2. Iceland
3. Australia
4. Luxemburg
5. Canada
6. Sweden
7. Switzerland
8. Ireland
9. Belgium
10. United States
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2...05_PKE_HDI.pdf
The U.S. was ranked third in 2000 and during the Bush administration has gradually worsened to tenth.
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2...2000_back1.pdf
Norway has held onto first place for 5 years, since it was taken from Canada in 2001.
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"The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. " — John Stuart Mill
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