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"Almost every public measure and index" For one, democracy and quality of life are subjective. Second, the other data points are cherry-picked. Australia has
by j4kp07 9y ago
"Almost every public measure and index"
For one, democracy and quality of life are subjective. Second, the other data points are cherry-picked.
Australia has a higher cost of living, a higher fertility rate, the Top Universities in the world 52/100 USA vs 4/100 Australia[1], the Top Medical Universities in the World 22/49 America vs 5/49 Australia[2].
And I could give you plenty more[3], but I think this proves my point.
[1] http://www.thebestschools.org/features/100-best-universities-in-world-today/ http://www.thebestschools.org/features/100-best-universities...
[2] https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2016/medicine https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/universi...
[3] http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-beats-australia-in-data-protection-laws-microsoft/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-beats-australia-in-data-prot...
- redcap 9y agoTry accounting for population size before touting universities as a good measure of anything. Try looking up cost of tertiary education and maybe cost of medical care and see who ends up better. You haven't proved your point.
- stephen_g 9y agoWhen most of your population lives in three major cities, you only need 4/100 of the top universities! It's generally a pretty great place to live.