https://www.socialprogress.org/The a US has slipped nine places since the 2011 launch of the index, which boasts a proprietary scientific formula that incorporates 50 “metrics of well-being” and claims to be “inspired by Nobel-winning economists.” Its advisory board is chaired by a Harvard Business School professor, Michael Porter.
The a US had fallen behind “significantly poorer countries” like Estonia, Czech Republic, Greece, and Cyprus, marveling that American children are (according to the index, at least) educated on the same level as Uzbek and Mongolian kids. Their parents, meanwhile, are said to be about as healthy as the average Chilean, Jordanian, or Albanian.
