How Prosperity is Changing and Transforming Our World: The Legatum Prosperity Index

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since 2007 the world has become a more prosperous place however this year more

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than any other major threat to prosperity have emerged despite topping

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the index many of the Nordic countries are struggling to recover from the

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financial crisis and reduce unemployment by contrast unemployment in the UK data

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only 5.4% and employment among those with the lowest incomes has risen by 24%

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since 2009 ice this has taken over three waves of the Middle East the index shows

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that the priestly to this in many countries with the fragmenting of social

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bonds and going to fare in countries now partially controlled by Isis the

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build-up to the recent problems so employment fell by 13 percentage points

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and the number of citizens reporting serious worrying increased by 26

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percentage going in high risk countries such as Tunisia Morocco Q eight and

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Yemen there's been a 15 percentage points full in people's perceptions of

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social support and a nine percentage points fall in people who feel that they

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have the freedom to live their lives as they wish

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Europe faces an immigration crisis the migrant crisis is threatening european

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unity and it being manipulated by populist politicians counting hateful

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rhetoric where populism has risen

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we have seen a rise in intolerance only 44 percent of people in Hungary think

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the country is tolerant of immigrants despite this on the whole Europe is more

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tolerant than it ever being over 70% of people in the EU believe that their

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country is tolerant of immigrants perhaps as a result we are in danger of

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ignoring an equally serious immigration and refugee crisis in Africa their 2.7

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million internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo alone

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unsurprisingly the DRC comes one hundred and thirty-seven in the index this year

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conversely countries at the top of the index provide that citizens with the

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things that are lacking for many people in the DRC ..."The most prosperous countries

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in the world

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provide opportunity and freedom today citizens protect them from violence and

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oppression and offer access to good education and health care...."

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◙ Scotland Forever! ◙

Only to share with you the following ideas and ideals, thank you with anticipation for your understanding.

A study from Legatum Institute (an independent non-partisan public policy organization whose research, publications, and programs advance ideas and policies) has found Ireland to be in the tenth place as the most prosperous country in the world! Is this telling you something?

United States is not included and of course neither is England too or the UK.

Can be Prosperity without Freedom or Justice or Peace?  

My grandfather always was dreaming of an Independent Scotland. He lived and died from afar the glorious lands, but his heart and mindset were all invested in his country: Scotland... He and my father showed me their love with their wisdom and the talent of their own hands.

I am sure, as much the same as the millions of Scottish around the world nowadays, they, we, want Scotland to be standalone over the face of this mere world....  

Independence, sovereignty, and peace forever for Scotland.. For its noble daughters and valiant sons. Scotland the nation perhaps the very first, real, nation with its rich culture in the history of all civilizations.

 ◙ John M. Kennedy ◙

P.S. In 2014 the majority of this nation (56.30%) as whole has voted to stay in the "Queendom" then, I would invite the others (43.70%) to visit and stay in Perú, extraordinary food, nice fishing, full of mysteries to study and solve, golf camps, with prosperity and also peace as well as we all humans love. While we will continue waiting for those next years to come; because no matter how long, it is only the right thing to do, and the time will eventually come for Scotland, evenly if nobody for now knows how many more years. Many people around the world maintains that this goal should be achieved for the betterment of humankind.

Nevertheless, I know that finally one day, hope not too far, we, all, will vote, as we all should, for what in all universes every intelligence knows, which is the very right thing to vote for, i.e., only for Scotland to be one independent country or nation. Freedom for England and Scotland, that is all!

Well, this is all my "singing" about it ... for now and forever....