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| ==Graphs I have created== | ==Graphs I have created== | ||
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| ⚫ | Image:World_GDP_Capita_1-2003_A.D.png|World ]/capita 1-2003 AD. | ||
| Image:Percentage living on less than $1 per day 1981-2001.png|The percentage of the world's population living on less than $1 per day (black line) has halved in twenty years. Graph shows the years 1981-2001. | Image:Percentage living on less than $1 per day 1981-2001.png|The percentage of the world's population living on less than $1 per day (black line) has halved in twenty years. Graph shows the years 1981-2001. | ||
| Image:Life expectancy 1950-2005.png|Life expectancy has been increasing and converging for most of the world. Sub-Saharan Africa has recently seen a decline, partly related to the ]. Graph shows the years 1950-2005. | Image:Life expectancy 1950-2005.png|Life expectancy has been increasing and converging for most of the world. Sub-Saharan Africa has recently seen a decline, partly related to the ]. Graph shows the years 1950-2005. | ||
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| {{legend|#B30000|Not Free}} | {{legend|#B30000|Not Free}} | ||
| Image:Freedom House Country Rankings 1972-2005.png|Freedom House Country Rankings 1972-2005.png | |||
| ⚫ | Image:World_GDP_Capita_1-2003_A.D.png|World ]/capita 1-2003 AD. | ||
| Image:Ease_of_Doing_Business_Index.PNG|World map of the ]. Green nations rank higher, red nations lower. Each color represent one ] of the ranked nations. | Image:Ease_of_Doing_Business_Index.PNG|World map of the ]. Green nations rank higher, red nations lower. Each color represent one ] of the ranked nations. | ||
| Image:2006-2007 Global Competitiveness Index.png|World map of the 2006-2007 ]. Each color represent one ] of the ranked nations. Green nations score higher, red nations lower. Grey nations are not ranked. | Image:2006-2007 Global Competitiveness Index.png|World map of the 2006-2007 ]. Each color represent one ] of the ranked nations. Green nations score higher, red nations lower. Grey nations are not ranked. | ||
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- Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
- Sir Winston Churchill
- Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
- The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
- Robert Maynard Hutchins
- The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
- Information is the currency of democracy
- Thomas Jefferson
- Information is the currency of democracy
My POV
My own POV is that liberal democracy and capitalism overall are beneficial.
No wars and no conflicts causing any battle deaths between liberal democracies (See Never at War and Democratic peace theory). Little democide, corruption, and few civil wars. No liberal democracy has had a large scale famine. More democratic nations have higher average self-reported happiness (See Liberal democracy).
The Index of Economic Freedom is way to measure the degree of capitalism in different nations. More capitalist nations have less poverty. Note that also nations with high progressive taxation, like Sweden, can be very capitalist. See also Ease of Doing Business Index and Global Competitiveness Report. Due to globalization, poverty is rapidly declinig around the world.
However, there are of course many opposing arguments and I have tried to include the views of both sides in order to achieve NPOV. I believe that the capitalist system must include policies redistributing wealth from the most wealthy, since it is easier for the already wealthy to gradually accumulate more wealth than it is for the poor to gain any wealth. Therefore, relatively high progressive taxation, wealth tax, and/or inheritance tax.
I strongly believe in the fundamental Misplaced Pages policies Misplaced Pages:Verifiability, Misplaced Pages:No original research, and Misplaced Pages:Neutral point of view. In particular, I like to read and support what I write with peer-reviewed articles and academic press.
Graphs I have created
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The percentage of the world's population living on less than $1 per day (black line) has halved in twenty years. Graph shows the years 1981-2001.
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Life expectancy has been increasing and converging for most of the world. Sub-Saharan Africa has recently seen a decline, partly related to the AIDS epidemic. Graph shows the years 1950-2005.
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Number of nations 1800-2003 scoring 8 or higher on Polity IV scale, a measure of democracy. Graph shows the years 1800-2003.
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Freedom House Country Rankings 1972-2005.png
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World GDP/capita 1-2003 AD.
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World map of the Ease of Doing Business Index. Green nations rank higher, red nations lower. Each color represent one quartile of the ranked nations.
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World map of the 2006-2007 Global Competitiveness Index. Each color represent one quartile of the ranked nations. Green nations score higher, red nations lower. Grey nations are not ranked.
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World map of the Corruption Perceptions Index, which measures "the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians"
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Charts showing Economic freedom various other indicators.
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Food production per person 1961-2005
Other interesting graphs
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Freedom House scores nations on political freedom.
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Green = Happiest > Blue > Purple > Orange > Red = Least Happy; Grey = Data not available
