Best Countries to be Born in during 2013

joining me today is dennis campbell he's editor in chief of u_k_ progressive magazine every thursday for world view with dennis campbell his book billionaire boys election freak show makes a great winter solstice gift or whatever it is that you may be celebrating check it out on amazon dot com then as we have this interesting new study from the uh... economist intelligence unit which looks at in twenty thirteen now the twenty twelve is almost over what would be the best countries to be born and looking at a number of different factors so give us a rundown of what is it looking at and what countries are at the top of the less well let me start by saying that in nineteen eighty eight united states actually lead that we have seen a mouse mat to sixty-vote war on the quote and uh... i'm glad to hear from side to side here now they deserve in a few dot at this time of year of they measure of well-being and and and try to determine which of the best countries to be born in based on the peace like material well-being is measured by the g_d_p_ per head inside of each country the life expectancy from paris what all of the family life manslaughter based on one of the force rates on this stage of political freedoms inside of the country are job security measured by the unemployment rate compound measured by two very vocals the average deviation of minimum and maximum monthly temperatures from fourteen degrees celsius switches a little bit over sixty degrees and the number of months in the year with less than thirty min readers of rainfall so we can learn something about that what effect unless rainfall is better and also what what better for temperatures left-leaning if in fact ritter you know i know we we're seeing such a huge huge variances for example if you look at in the midwest united states rules das poor poor conditions in the summer temperatures so thought there would be the equivalent of thirty seven forty five degrees uh... celcius which is a hundred to ninety seven to you know a hundred and ten degrees self-employed right and then right now your bureau seen temperatures dropping down into the tens and teens and twenties by which would be well below zero in the celsius kelso that's quite a huge uh... shifted that covers a large part of the the united states for example while we don't see those kind of ships in one of the countries that are on this list for example so left then altho it i think it's important to mention that uh... uh... governments vis-a-vis corruption is taken into consideration as well as gender equity quality that's measured by of uh... parliament seats held by women i could argue there's probably a lot of other ways that could be measured more accurately but at least as being included so what are the results plus the you know that one too surprising boring old switzerland which is pulling placed a premium on health care and taking good care of having a really good social system ranks very high at the top of the list many countries such as australia new zealand cumin uh... very very well because of the quality of life as well as the inclusiveness of the government uh... you've probably seen australian prime minister gilead arm up on the television she was of course during the the spoon alpha video on the end of world but she also been a very impassioned speech about the role of women and how women need to be supported unique in their life and those are great places to live all four of the scandinavian countries are in the talks except finland which comes into the eleventh then a very large so tool safety net worth of a very good health care system and outstanding education system and you know they've been a very well prepared and and people do feel as though they're part of a broader community on singapore and hong kong lead the way inbound asia data and come to that i spent quite a bit of time in the netherlands and into you also rates very very highly uh... i can relate a story about when pieces my three children were born there in the muslims there was uh... quite a bit of all three bureaus and after birth care that's provided by the government for example all we had uh... some of the calm of the school incumbent four week after the birth of each one of more children so will help us get settled in with the idea that there's this new life now but we're not responsible for and uh... that people are to premium all on all of these things do you know the terrible yourself your family and also lost social are just as sort of network so that do work for corporation there's a busy just is not working workers will work materiality income people are companies on a bit of a hassle but they also feel a little bit just them australasia deluded serving all the staple mckinney also on the west is canada the last forty dimension there which while not a surprise to many people i think many americans might be surprised by canada's inclusion on this list one interesting one that i thought of was so uh... singapore which is interesting because what a lot of people it instantly associates in a poor with his an extremely strict authoritarian legal and and and punishment system but it is balanced out i mean incredible infrastructure health care is is very good education is very very good i think that might be the one i was most surprised by you know implied it back to the coding bulldog warrior thirty years uh... you know rekha barbara memory people oggetto it has been a a a abandon relieved to cast in terms of independent of the and their focused events and helping people and reminded of the country i'm amazed at the at the kitchen news growth and uh... particularly investment in in destruction they have of one of the finest airports in the world many would argue trendy airport is the finest important world they it best in uh... new aircraft for singapore airlines they were the first ones to get the airbus three eighty tight double-decker aircraft all of the investors that use t have potential value of a tangible progress they've built a huge convention center downtown because they are the main shipping port in the main uh... conversion for com country isn't even come into the region so if you're traveling even promote the australasia area or from europe or whatever simple reason natural resting spot for a lot of people last thing i want to touch on is the first country mentioned sort some of the top of the west for people here at the fair you know what i'd love to live in the country that is the best to be born in twenty thirteen how difficult is it for potentially an american or someone for for britain to say i'm gonna move to switzerland well you can just absolute uh... best you get reviews when you get that the uh... thus too so it's isn't wasn't or isn't very close country are bilingual lights on working these as part of the the the chapters of the coming listened to their and having permanent residency visa of various because they do rip-off it out for a number of years kept but the border young people who been very very carefully interesting all right we've been speaking with dennis campbell editor in chief of the u_k_ progressive magazine the book is billionaire boys election freak show i have my copy here you can get yours on amazon that affects as always for being here thank you to hearings