Good Country Index - TED

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I was watching TED on my evening commute and saw a a talk about the good country index (goodcountry.org)

It is an interesting talk by itself. The index is also interesting in that it ranks Ireland as the number one good nation in the world based on its net contributions. I do wonder if those net contributions include the impact of tax minimization schemes. But since it is an Org it must be right

All the top ten countries are European bar or should that be baa New Zealand.

Australia is 15th

USA is 21st place.

The interesting thing in the talk that the more good a nation is seen to be done the easier time it has doing business and charging a premium for its products.