“The indexes demonstrate that there is a strong relationship between freedom and prosperity. This report draws on the trajectory of the results over time, and other historical evidence, to argue that freedom tends to result in prosperity. In other words, freer countries tend to be more prosperous, and we have reason to believe that improvements in freedom will, over time, lead to greater and more durable prosperity.
The report also shows that autocracies generally do not deliver prosperity for their people. All countries rated Prosperous in our index (except for Singapore and Israel) also rank as Free. All countries in our Free category fall in either the Prosperous category or in the upper half of the Mostly Prosperous category. Both China and Russia rank lower in the Prosperity Index than Free countries do.”
By theory no, by praxis yes. Because prosperity is defined different by individuals and people tend to be practicioners and not theorists.
How in the world did they manage to place Cuba in the *mostly prosperous* category and score it above a country like Georgia?
> In addition, all Unfree countries in our Freedom Index rank in the Mostly Unprosperous or Unprosperous categories in our Prosperity Index—except for Cuba, which scores above fifty on Minority Rights and Health.
Sure Health can be categorised as high for Cuba, but you cannot speak of *minority* rights, when basic human rights are not respected for anyone. Health alone dragging the score up enough for Cuba to be considered a mostly prosperous country is utterly ridiculous.
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“The indexes demonstrate that there is a strong relationship between freedom and prosperity. This report draws on the trajectory of the results over time, and other historical evidence, to argue that freedom tends to result in prosperity. In other words, freer countries tend to be more prosperous, and we have reason to believe that improvements in freedom will, over time, lead to greater and more durable prosperity.
The report also shows that autocracies generally do not deliver prosperity for their people. All countries rated Prosperous in our index (except for Singapore and Israel) also rank as Free. All countries in our Free category fall in either the Prosperous category or in the upper half of the Mostly Prosperous category. Both China and Russia rank lower in the Prosperity Index than Free countries do.”
By theory no, by praxis yes. Because prosperity is defined different by individuals and people tend to be practicioners and not theorists.
How in the world did they manage to place Cuba in the *mostly prosperous* category and score it above a country like Georgia?
> In addition, all Unfree countries in our Freedom Index rank in the Mostly Unprosperous or Unprosperous categories in our Prosperity Index—except for Cuba, which scores above fifty on Minority Rights and Health.
Sure Health can be categorised as high for Cuba, but you cannot speak of *minority* rights, when basic human rights are not respected for anyone. Health alone dragging the score up enough for Cuba to be considered a mostly prosperous country is utterly ridiculous.
What about the oil states in the Middle East?