Global prosperity is at its highest point in the past decade
03 November 2016
After a lacklustre performance during the 2008 and 2009 global financial crisis, global prosperity has risen to unprecedented levels.
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Watch Legatum Institute's introduction video to the Legatum Prosperity Index.
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Harriet Maltby | 21 March 2017
Harriet says an independent Scotland may succeed. Brexit Britain may flounder. We cannot predict the future. However, we can say with confidence that Scotland’s path to prosperity would be far harder to travel alone. If sov...
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Harriet Maltby | 17 March 2017
Much has been made of Scotland’s likeness to successful small, homogenous nations like New Zealand in the independence debate. Proponents ...
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03 November 2016
The Legatum Prosperity Index™ has now been running for a decade. One of its greatest strengths is that it is not just a snapshot in time. ...
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03 November 2016
Compared to other top 20 countries, North American prosperity has seen marked stagnation over the past decade.
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03 November 2016
We have already seen that global prosperity is on the rise, however, that rise has not been evenly felt a...
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03 November 2016
Across the world, the Index captures a notable "Commonwealth Effect". The Commonwealth delivers greater p...
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03 November 2016
Europe has long been a region of stability and prosperity; its citizens are among the healthiest, wealthi...
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03 November 2016
Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam have all seen rapidly rising prosperity over the past d...
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