Yearly Archives: 2018

SHARP DECLINE IN RIGHTS & INCLUSION MARS GLOBAL PROGRESS

• The world situation strengthens generally on the aggregate of 51 measures of social progress but so many setbacks in the factors of Rights and Inclusion –
• Largest advancements in Africa and Asia –
• US is among those countries whose overall marks are down this time. It lost the most in Rights and Inclusion –
• The UK recorded a steep decrease in Inclusion post-Brexit

Our CEO, Michael Green, recently spoke to a group in London about Simon Kuznets, who was born 117 years ago today and won the Nobel Prize. He laid the groundwork for GDP measures and significantly advanced our knowledge of economic progress. He also foreshadowed the idea that social advancement was a prerequisite for economic advancement.