Global Competitive Rankings.....

[onthebottom]

Some race to the bottom.....


1. Switzerland
2. US
3. Singapore
4. Sweden
5. Denmark
6. Finland
7. Germany
8. Japan
9. Canada
10. Netherlands

The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010

Switzerland tops the overall ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010. The United States falls one place to second position, with weakening in its financial markets and macroeconomic stability. Singapore, Sweden and Denmark round out the top five. European economies continue to prevail in the top 10 with Finland, Germany and the Netherlands following suit. The United Kingdom, while remaining very competitive, has continued its fall from last year, moving down one more place this year to 13th, mainly attributable to continuing weakening of its financial markets.

The rankings are calculated from both publicly available data and the Executive Opinion Survey, a comprehensive annual survey conducted by the World Economic Forum together with its network of Partner Institutes (leading research institutes and business organizations) in the countries covered by the Report.

http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global Competitiveness Report/index.htm

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[papasmerf]

I am afraid this report did not come from a DNC sanction news group, such as Comedy Central, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC or NBC.

It also does not agree with the White House.


So it will be dismissed as GOP propaganda.

 

[Scarey]

It's not GOP propaganda but it is alot of world elites telling each other how big their dicks are......Switzerland is no.1 in global competitiveness?.....You'd think the headquarters for the World Economic Forum was stationed there.

Like every report I read these days(on both sides) these's always a bias.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Some race to the bottom.....

The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010

Report is just polishing the turd.....
All one has to do is visit most major USA cities and see the decline taking place overall in the USA to see this.....



The problems we face today will not be solved by the minds that created them

 

[onthebottom]

Report is just polishing the turd.....
All one has to do is visit most major USA cities and see the decline taking place overall in the USA to see this.....



The problems we face today will not be solved by the minds that created them

^^^^^^^^^^^

This is the problem with living in Buffalo, you think everywhere is a dump.....

LOL

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[WoodPeckr]

^^^^^^^^^^^

This is the problem with living in Buffalo, you think everywhere is a dump.....

LOL

OTB

Detroit is worse!
Look at what Chicago is devolving into.

Your fuzzy math report ignores this decline with it's 'fudged' numbers....



The problems we face today will not be solved by the minds that created them

 

[onthebottom]

Detroit is worse!
Look at what Chicago is devolving into.

Your fuzzy math report ignores this decline with it's 'fudged' numbers....



The problems we face today will not be solved by the minds that created them

Chicago is a fantastic city.....

OTB

 

[papasmerf]

Chicago is a fantastic city.....

OTB

Oprah would slap the smile off woody's face for saying that

 

[gramage]

We're number 9! We're number 9!

 

[WoodPeckr]

Here's a better gauge of the USA than bottie's OP

This article gives a better understanding of what the last 8 years has produced!

Recession widens gap between rich, poor, data shows

Wipes out gains in median income

By Hope Yen ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated: September 30, 2009, 7:10 AM

WASHINGTON - The recession has hit middle-income and poor families hardest, widening the economic gap between the richest and poorest Americans as rippling job layoffs ravaged household budgets.

The wealthiest 10 percent of Americans - those making more than $138,000 each year - earned 11.4 times the roughly $12,000 made by those living near or below the poverty line last year, according to newly released census figures. That ratio was an increase from 11.2 in 2007 and the previous high of 11.22 in 2003.

Household income declined across all groups, but at sharper percentage levels for middle-income and poor Americans. Median income fell last year from $52,163 to $50,303, wiping out a decade's worth of gains to hit the lowest level since 1997.

Poverty jumped sharply to 13.2 percent, an 11-year high.

"No one should be surprised at the increased disparity," said Richard Freeman, a Harvard University economist. "Unemployment hurts normal workers who do not have the golden parachutes the folks at the top have."

Analysts attributed the widening gap to the wave of layoffs in the economic downturn that has devastated household budgets.

While reductions in executive pay might have hit the richest Americans, those at the bottom of the income ladder are often unemployed and struggling to get by, they say.

Large cities such as Atlanta, Washington, New York, San Francisco, Miami and Chicago had the most inequality, largely because of years of middle-class flight to the suburbs. Declining industrial cities with pockets of well-off neighborhoods, such as Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Buffalo, also had sharp disparities.

Up-and-coming cities with growing middle-class populations, such as Mesa, Ariz.; Riverside, Calif.; Arlington, Texas; and Henderson, Nev., were among the areas showing the least income differences between rich and poor.

Whether income inequality will continue to worsen in major cities remains unclear, said William H. Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution. Many Americans are staying put for now in traditional cities to look for jobs and because of frozen lines of credit.

"During the years of the housing bubble, there was middle-class movement from unaffordable metros with high-income inequality," Frey said. "Now that the bubble burst, more of the population may be headed back to the high-inequality areas, stemming their middle-class losses."

As for poverty, the biggest shifts last year were increases in metropolitan areas in Florida and central California. The poverty rated jumped to 16.8 percent from 14.1 percent in Stockton, Calif., and to 15.4 percent from 12.7 percent Lakeland- Winter Haven, Fla. The proportion of poor people also increased in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Orlando, Bradenton and Palm Bay - all in Florida.

Among other findings:

� Income for the top 5 percent of households - those making $180,000 or more - was 3.58 times the median income, the highest since 2006.

� Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia had higher poverty rates than the national average. Many are in the South, such as Mississippi, at 21.2 percent, and Kentucky, Arkansas and Louisiana, each with 17.3 percent. In 2007, the poverty rates in 19 states and the District of Columbia exceeded the national average.

� Use of food stamps jumped 13 percent last year to nearly 9.8 million households.



The problems we face today will not be solved by the minds that created them

 

[onthebottom]

we're number 9! We're number 9!

:d

lol

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[train]

Other than banking, watches and chocolate what exactly is Switzerland competitive in ?

Sorry, I forgot about bobsled. Oh and supplying bodyguards to muddled religious leaders.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Switzerland is good at laundering money too.....



The problems we face today will not be solved by the minds that created them

 

[danmand]

Switzerland is good at laundering money too.....



The problems we face today will not be solved by the minds that created them

And their police is second to none. They coaught Polanski, whom the US has
been looking for for 40 years.
Give them the case of Osama Bin Laden.

 

[onthebottom]

From the report.....

Switzerland overtakes the United States this year as the world’s most competitive economy.This is explained by the fact that Switzerland’s performance has remained relatively stable, whereas the United States has seen a weakening across a number of areas, as discussed below. Switzerland’s economy continues to be characterized by an excellent capacity for innovation and a very sophisticated business culture, ranked 3rd for its business sophistication and 2nd for its innovation capacity.The country is characterized by high spending on R&D. Switzerland’s scientific research institutions are among the world’s best, and the strong collaboration between the academic and business sectors ensures that much of this research is translated into marketable products and processes, reinforced by strong intellectual property protection.This strong innovative capacity is captured by the high rate of patenting (148.27 per million inhab- itants) in the country, for which Switzerland ranks 7th worldwide on a per capita basis.

Switzerland’s public institutions are rated among the most effective and transparent in the world (7th), ensuring a level playing field and enhancing business confidence; these include an independent judiciary, a strong rule of law, and a highly accountable public sector. Competitiveness is also buttressed by excellent infra- structure (5th) and a well-functioning goods market (5th), as well as a labor market that is among the most efficient in the world (2nd, just behind Singapore). And Switzerland’s macroeconomic environment, although weakening somewhat since last year, continues to be assessed as stable compared in particular with the United States and many European neighbors (ranked 17th).

On the other hand, the university enrollment rate of 47 percent continues to lag behind many other high-innovation countries, placing the country 46th on this indicator.Although gaps are currently being filled through immigration, efforts should be made to boost higher education attainment to ensure sufficient national talent. Financial markets have also weakened somewhat, reflecting in particular difficulties in the national bank- ing sector. However, this has been muted compared with many other countries.

 

[WoodPeckr]

And their police is second to none. They coaught Polanski, whom the US has
been looking for for 40 years.
Give them the case of Osama Bin Laden.

LOL!
Dubya let Osama go. The Bush's never really wanted to catch OBL. They are old Family friends and all....



The problems we face today will not be solved by the minds that created them