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America leads the world when it comes to access to higher education. But when it comes to health, environmental protection, and fighting discrimination, it trails many other developed countries, according to the Social Progress Imperative, a U.S.-based nonprofit.
The results of the group's annual survey, which ranks nations based on 50 metrics, call to mind other reviews of national well-being, such as the World Happiness Report released in March, which was led by Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, or September's Lancet study on sustainable development. In that one, Iceland, Singapore, Sweden, and the U.S. took spots 1, 2, 3, and 28—respectively.
The Social Progress Index released this week is compiled from social and environmental data that come as close as possible to revealing how people live. "We want to measure a country's health and wellness achieved, not how much effort is expended, nor how much the country spends on healthcare," the report states. Scandinavia walked away with the top four of 128 slots. Denmark scored the highest. America came in at 18.
The Social Progress Index gives the US poor marks. America may, however, still lead the world in funny cat videos.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @06:35AM
Quit making excuses and pitch in fixing the goddamned racist country.
Singapore
Not homogeneous. Say bye-bye your racist excuse.
who they will let in
...and they find everybody a job to do.
...unlike post-Reagan USA.
Access to higher education
Yeah, I noticed that in TFS too.
In committee, Bernie Sanders was questioning douchebag HHS nominee Tom Price who talked about "access" to heathcare.
Bernie noted that there is a big difference between "access" and actually being able to afford something. [google.com]
So, even WRT education, USA comes out stinking when compared to the pre-Reagan days when a summer job could pay for your year's schooling.
(It was Reagan who screwed the low-cost college thing in Cali while he was governor.)
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