Re: United Nations Human Indicators Index 2004

[michael <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recall that they jiggled to index to make the US look better. Is my
memory playing tricks on me?

Louis Proyect wrote:

> Is now available at:
> http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/pdf/hdr04_HDI.pdf
>
> It is *highly* interesting that for the first time ever Cuba has made it
> into the High human development grouping that includes the G-8 nations,
> etc. Considering the economic warfare being waged against this country,
> the impact of the collapse of its main trading partner, etc., this is
> about as great a testimony to the superiority of a planned economy and
> socialism as you are going to find.
>
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>
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