Posted on October 12, 2007 by daviding

Japan would seem to be a wonderful place to live, socially and economically. Merrill Lynch ranks Canadians as #2 in the G7. Here’s a summary that I’ve put together from news sources.

	Misery index (2007)	Misery index (2005)
Japan	1.6	< 3.2 (inferred)¹
Canada	6.4	7.1
Germany	6.5	> 6.5 (inferred)¹
Italy	13.9	15.4
France	15.2	14.7
United States	17.3	17.9
Britain	19.6	17.6

John Partridge, in the Globe & Mail, explains how these numbers are calculated: Read more... (561 words, 1 image, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)

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Tags: merrill-lynch misery-index
Category economics

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