The Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index 2014 was launched yesterday: the UK rises three places this year and we are the most prosperous of all the major EU nations. Even the quickest glance at our rankings and the map which puts them in stark context must make anyone glad indeed to […]
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The European Union’s failure by its own standards
The 2011 Legatum Prosperity Index includes a number of insights. The fourth article is “The European Crisis: Time to Rethink Integration?” In a sidebar, the author explains that the average confidence in a European Government is 12% lower than the Index average. Legatum suggests that European electorates feel increasingly excluded […]
Read MoreWishing everyone a prosperous new year
After so much economic turmoil, the traditional wish for a prosperous new year can be given with considerable vigour. The 2010 Legatum Prosperity Index (PDF) – “the world’s only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing” – showed that entrepreneurship and opportunity are the primary keys to prosperity, that they correlate more […]
Read MoreLegatum: Euro set to fall apart one by one, warn top economists
I just received a press release from Legatum as follows: Eurozone set to fall apart one by one, warn top economists The small, debt-ridden countries on the fringes of the European Union will soon start dropping out of the Euro, according to a major new report by two top economic […]
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On Thursday, I had lunch with the remarkable Legatum Institute. Their vision: To advance human liberty and a more prosperous and secure world, through researching and promoting the integration of human dignity, liberty, and development. To encourage the adoption of sound policies grounded in a holistic understanding of the human […]
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