Several people have asked how the U.S. comes in first in competitiveness.
Well, there is an article on the "competitiveness index" in this week's
Economist (Sept. 10th). Here the index is said to be based on "conventional
economic statistics and businessmen's opinions of their countries' strengths
and weaknesses." So it's not exactly pure hard data.
The article also gives some information on where the data are found.
Walter Daum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dept. of Mathematics
City College
New York, NY 100031
