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| 1. schoolchildren learn basic numeracy by counting off their push-ups |
-1.33 to +1.58 Civil Rights (mean -0.4108)
+0 to +1.43 Economy (mean +0.0280)
+0 to +2.86 Political Freedom (mean +0.0561)
+0 to +0.63 Wealth Gaps (mean +0.0124)
-15.23 to -0 Death Rate (mean -2.1224)
-4.77 to +10.32 Eco-Friendliness (mean +0.9196)
-1.58 to +1 Social Conservatism (mean +0.3678)
-2.25 to +0.5 Nudity (mean -0.4951)
-24.42 to +52.42 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean +5.8255)
-19.54 to +56.78 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean +6.4204)
-45.04 to +86.36 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean +6.9786)
-196.85 to +26.77 Industry: Information Technology (mean -72.6063)
-120.23 to +14.31 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -36.7853)
-41.6 to +32.68 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean +3.6884)
-24.67 to +86.71 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean +10.9845)
-35.49 to +47.21 Sector: Agriculture (mean +6.1945)
-1240.93 to +0.55 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -290.0041)
-23.72 to +38.14 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean +7.9506)
-23.72 to +104.53 Industry: Mining (mean +10.8273)
-13.93 to +41.9 Industry: Insurance (mean +8.6376)
-12.65 to +49.88 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean +8.2431)
-10.21 to +70.37 Industry: Retail (mean +10.0473)
-130.18 to -0 Industry: Book Publishing (mean -33.0653)
-452.98 to +409.82 Industry: Gambling (mean +39.2957)
-69.46 to +117.29 Sector: Manufacturing (mean +23.7896)
+0 to +0.15 Government Size (mean +0.0080)
-4.77 to +18.83 Welfare (mean +2.1339)
-13.35 to +56.24 Public Healthcare (mean +4.2324)
-7.64 to +29.03 Law Enforcement (mean +5.8661)
-29.57 to +57.14 Business Subsidization (mean +4.2876)
-0.66 to -0 Income Equality (mean -0.0129)
+0 to +12.31 Rudeness (mean +0.2520)
-3.08 to -0 Intelligence (mean -0.8525)
-0.12 to +3.18 Ignorance (mean +0.9392)
+0 to +1 Health (mean +0.2373)
-2 to +2 Weather (mean +1.8824)
+0 to +2.47 Compliance (mean +1.0298)
+0 to +6.38 Safety (mean +2.5865)
+0 to +2.11 Lifespan (mean +0.5788)
-1.48 to +0.83 Ideological Radicality (mean +0.0612)
+0 to +200.37 Defense Forces (mean +99.6953)
+0 to +2.21 Pacifism (mean +0.8369)
+0 to +2.14 Economic Freedom (mean +0.0420)
-0.25 to +0.57 Taxation (mean +0.1506)
-0.68 to +0.27 Freedom From Taxation (mean -0.2729)
-1.5 to -0 Corruption (mean -0.0294)
+0 to +0.46 Integrity (mean +0.0090)
-271.61 to +33.04 Authoritarianism (mean +0.2543)
-2 to -0 Youth Rebelliousness (mean -1.9608)
+0 to +0.39 Employment (mean +0.0629)
-5.73 to +21.77 Public Transport (mean +2.6451)
-1.98 to +33.99 Tourism (mean +15.4031)
-0.24 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0614)
-4.72 to +1.64 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.6286)
-0.55 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.2575)
-33.19 to -0 Environmental Beauty (mean -0.6508)
-26 to +1.08 Charmlessness (mean -3.1925)
-0.83 to +1.48 Averageness (mean -0.0612)
-1.29 to +0.45 Human Development Index (mean -0.1004)
+0 to +25.81 Primitiveness (mean +2.6251)
-11.21 to -0 Scientific Advancement (mean -2.4145)
-864.02 to +218.84 Average Income (mean -237.6071)
-467.94 to +91.36 Average Income of Poor (mean -87.0773)
-3155 to +4377 Average Income of Rich (mean -673.6667)
-150.81 to -0 Public Education (mean -74.1924)
-2.01 to -0 Crime (mean -0.9114)
-1.26 to +4.13 Foreign Aid (mean +0.2610)
-852.62 to +217.46 Average Disposable Income (mean -278.0225)
+0 to +0.23 Patriotism (mean +0.0982)
+0 to +0.61 Food Quality (mean +0.2286)
sometimes removes notability: absence of drug laws
sometimes adds notability: complete lack of public education
sometimes removes notability: deadly medical pandemics
sometimes adds notability: punitive income tax rates
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2025-06-01
2024-06-07
2023-04-28
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| 2. schools offer a range of lessons in subjects as diverse as The Economics of Bullying for Lunch Money |
+0 to +1.11 Civil Rights (mean +0.4315)
+0 to +0.22 Economy (mean +0.0025)
+0 to +1.01 Wealth Gaps (mean +0.0116)
+0 to +11.45 Death Rate (mean +1.6413)
-45.99 to +48.86 Eco-Friendliness (mean -0.0685)
-0.84 to -0 Social Conservatism (mean -0.4087)
+0 to +2.25 Nudity (mean +0.3707)
-65.98 to +32.95 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean -9.1716)
-58.62 to +18.54 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -6.4764)
-87.71 to +37.11 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -8.2362)
-37.92 to +204.54 Industry: Information Technology (mean +62.0497)
-60.02 to +28.31 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -9.7314)
-41.67 to +102.07 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean -2.1225)
-323.13 to +141.16 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -16.2754)
-85.52 to +407.25 Sector: Agriculture (mean -4.2164)
-12.82 to +1568.2 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean +432.9954)
-79.17 to +36.32 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean -12.8743)
-133.73 to +44.05 Industry: Mining (mean -12.1701)
-46.23 to +10.09 Industry: Insurance (mean -6.3370)
-65.83 to +29.58 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -9.5459)
-174.54 to +106.46 Industry: Retail (mean -24.6076)
-32.66 to +150.62 Industry: Book Publishing (mean +33.6328)
-374.26 to +557.3 Industry: Gambling (mean +44.9300)
-332.29 to +141.16 Sector: Manufacturing (mean -33.6831)
-0.13 to -0 Government Size (mean -0.0299)
-21.63 to +39.38 Welfare (mean -1.3918)
-27.54 to +29.41 Public Healthcare (mean -2.3732)
-48.86 to +8.6 Law Enforcement (mean -1.5883)
-86.22 to +73.29 Business Subsidization (mean -5.4014)
-0.02 to -0 Income Equality (mean -0.0002)
+0 to +3.06 Rudeness (mean +1.4564)
+0 to +1.67 Intelligence (mean +0.4256)
-2.49 to -0 Ignorance (mean -0.4260)
-3 to -0 Weather (mean -1.0000)
-4.59 to -0 Compliance (mean -2.1059)
-12.3 to -0 Safety (mean -3.0132)
-3.75 to -0 Lifespan (mean -0.4033)
-0.28 to +0.28 Ideological Radicality (mean +0.0107)
-202.62 to +60.82 Defense Forces (mean -6.1882)
-5.44 to -0 Pacifism (mean -1.2685)
+0 to +0.33 Economic Freedom (mean +0.0038)
-0.91 to +0.01 Taxation (mean -0.1982)
-0.13 to +1.52 Freedom From Taxation (mean +0.7777)
-34.51 to -0 Authoritarianism (mean -4.2661)
+0 to +4 Youth Rebelliousness (mean +3.9080)
+0 to +0.39 Employment (mean +0.0359)
-16.5 to +7.07 Public Transport (mean -1.1489)
-69.49 to -0 Tourism (mean -21.9259)
+0 to +0.55 Weaponization (mean +0.2757)
-0.1 to +5.76 Recreational Drug Use (mean +0.6080)
+0 to +0.43 Obesity (mean +0.0997)
-36.37 to -0 Environmental Beauty (mean -0.4180)
+0 to +30.49 Charmlessness (mean +4.8052)
-0.28 to +0.28 Averageness (mean -0.0107)
-1.19 to +0.15 Human Development Index (mean -0.0731)
-5.78 to -0 Primitiveness (mean -1.3617)
+0 to +3.17 Scientific Advancement (mean +0.9817)
+0 to +3.3 Inclusiveness (mean +1.3559)
-468.8 to +1272.11 Average Income (mean +343.4606)
-21.3 to +546.81 Average Income of Poor (mean +97.3570)
-3695 to +11398 Average Income of Rich (mean +1543.0000)
-127.34 to -0 Public Education (mean -58.2916)
+0 to +3.63 Crime (mean +1.6909)
-9.35 to +18.44 Foreign Aid (mean -0.3595)
-108.56 to +1953.33 Average Disposable Income (mean +511.7700)
-0.12 to -0 Patriotism (mean -0.0115)
+0 to +1.58 Food Quality (mean +0.4456)
sometimes adds notability: absence of drug laws
sometimes adds notability: complete lack of public education
sometimes removes notability: punitive income tax rates
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2024-05-25
2023-08-02
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| 3. teenagers can't decide if they're more embarrassed by their parents or the country's leader |
-2.07 to -0.01 Death Rate (mean -0.3189)
-8.95 to +14.12 Eco-Friendliness (mean +0.3103)
-0.78 to +12.68 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean +2.1971)
-0.93 to +12.66 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean +2.4400)
-5.42 to +16.59 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean +2.9520)
-10.42 to +20.19 Industry: Information Technology (mean +4.0963)
-2.03 to +16.92 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean +3.0094)
-2.18 to +26.48 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean +2.5640)
-11.1 to +21.09 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean +3.7220)
-6.52 to +22.6 Sector: Agriculture (mean +3.0697)
-428.8 to +4.92 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -156.1023)
-0.78 to +38.52 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean +5.6229)
-5.21 to +32.95 Industry: Mining (mean +6.1674)
-0.04 to +18.25 Industry: Insurance (mean +2.7763)
-2.87 to +18.71 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean +3.1420)
-15.36 to +62.64 Industry: Retail (mean +7.0029)
-1.86 to +23.31 Industry: Book Publishing (mean +3.3963)
-162.35 to +18.77 Industry: Gambling (mean -29.0091)
-17.31 to +36.8 Sector: Manufacturing (mean +8.8726)
-10.21 to +14.33 Welfare (mean +2.0560)
-6.44 to +13.17 Public Healthcare (mean +2.3394)
-0.52 to +22.42 Law Enforcement (mean +2.1814)
-6.57 to +26.34 Business Subsidization (mean +2.3343)
-1.67 to -0.31 Political Apathy (mean -1.1174)
+0 to +0.83 Compliance (mean +0.3934)
+0 to +1.97 Safety (mean +0.8460)
+0 to +0.17 Lifespan (mean +0.0751)
-0.98 to +18.74 Defense Forces (mean +2.7969)
+0 to +0.86 Pacifism (mean +0.4083)
+0 to +0.25 Taxation (mean +0.0523)
-0.32 to -0 Freedom From Taxation (mean -0.1137)
-1 Youth Rebelliousness
-0.02 to -0 Employment (mean -0.0049)
-6.57 to +3.88 Public Transport (mean +0.4860)
+0.01 to +10.21 Tourism (mean +5.2463)
-0.1 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0334)
-0.84 to -0.01 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.2549)
-0.07 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.0249)
-10.6 to -0 Charmlessness (mean -0.7737)
+0 to +0.06 Human Development Index (mean +0.0251)
-287.95 to +13.72 Average Income (mean -105.2851)
-215.52 to +4.29 Average Income of Poor (mean -50.3111)
-1157 to +36 Average Income of Rich (mean -241.3429)
-2.38 to +9.55 Public Education (mean +2.1311)
-0.87 to -0.12 Crime (mean -0.3757)
-1.96 to +3.44 Foreign Aid (mean +0.2043)
-312.44 to -0 Average Disposable Income (mean -113.6569)
+0 to +2.1 Patriotism (mean +0.8303)
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| 4. children often leave school with more diagnoses than qualifications |
-0.8 to +0.5 Civil Rights (mean -0.0238)
-8.18 to -0.01 Death Rate (mean -0.7433)
-13.27 to +36.65 Eco-Friendliness (mean +0.7000)
-0.38 to +0.8 Social Conservatism (mean +0.0487)
-0.25 to -0 Nudity (mean -0.0321)
-8.54 to +23.17 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean +3.1569)
-7.46 to +27.5 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean +3.1610)
-20.06 to +49.96 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean +4.6495)
-34.34 to +30.29 Industry: Information Technology (mean +2.6577)
-9.24 to +39.99 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean +3.2144)
-54.27 to +28.07 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean +1.6869)
-51.61 to +47.97 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean +5.2556)
-12.96 to +33.14 Sector: Agriculture (mean +3.5823)
-997.85 to +1.37 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -229.1367)
-34.37 to +20.71 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean +2.1121)
-19.45 to +28.29 Industry: Mining (mean +4.4172)
-121.1 to +0.57 Industry: Insurance (mean -47.9303)
-11.95 to +30.16 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean +3.4718)
-23.31 to +39.78 Industry: Retail (mean +4.6682)
-10.68 to +42.43 Industry: Book Publishing (mean +4.4977)
-236.26 to +25.51 Industry: Gambling (mean -42.8426)
-72.96 to +82.15 Sector: Manufacturing (mean +13.0605)
+0 to +0.08 Government Size (mean +0.0456)
-7.89 to +19.62 Welfare (mean +1.6426)
+3.16 to +146.78 Public Healthcare (mean +89.3887)
-9.6 to +7.86 Law Enforcement (mean +1.2236)
-14.43 to +66.5 Business Subsidization (mean +1.9828)
+0 to +1 Niceness (mean +0.4113)
-2.85 to -0.43 Rudeness (mean -1.7031)
-0.13 to +0.07 Intelligence (mean -0.0092)
-0.13 to +0.43 Ignorance (mean +0.0113)
+0.14 to +0.5 Cheerfulness (mean +0.4603)
+1 Weather
+0.01 to +1.7 Compliance (mean +0.7010)
+0.01 to +4.13 Safety (mean +2.2936)
+0 to +0.86 Lifespan (mean +0.2931)
-0.27 to +0.09 Ideological Radicality (mean -0.0279)
-15.74 to +24.87 Defense Forces (mean +2.1321)
+0 to +2 Pacifism (mean +0.8949)
+0 to +0.69 Taxation (mean +0.2110)
-0.81 to +0.04 Freedom From Taxation (mean -0.4964)
-3.26 to +7.45 Authoritarianism (mean +0.4046)
-2 Youth Rebelliousness
-0.96 to +0.05 Employment (mean -0.0390)
-8.54 to +4.4 Public Transport (mean +0.3908)
+0.02 to +35.65 Tourism (mean +20.1105)
-0.27 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0695)
-0.93 to +22.34 Recreational Drug Use (mean +11.8195)
-0.16 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.0469)
-25.88 to -0.01 Charmlessness (mean -1.5823)
-0.09 to +0.27 Averageness (mean +0.0279)
+0 to +0.29 Human Development Index (mean +0.0977)
-461.73 to +172.22 Average Income (mean -125.5903)
-327.47 to +30.5 Average Income of Poor (mean -55.8515)
-1845 to +735 Average Income of Rich (mean -303.7436)
-17.07 to +18.69 Public Education (mean +2.1908)
-1.37 to -0.17 Crime (mean -0.7221)
-1.7 to +7.34 Foreign Aid (mean +0.2138)
-642.89 to +42.59 Average Disposable Income (mean -233.0685)
+0 to +0.01 Patriotism (mean +0.0003)
removes policy: No Drugs
sometimes adds notability: absence of drug laws
sometimes removes notability: restrictive gun laws
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2025-05-30
2021-08-08
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