BBC - how not to read results
The BBC presents a glib and useless summaryof a Poll on the Global Economy.
A majority of people surveyed in a BBC World Service poll believe the world economy is getting worse.
Most respondents also said their national economy was getting worse.
Might be factually correct but when it varies for instance from 8% of Chinese believing their Economic conditions in their country are getting better to only 7% of Labanese, an average is pretty useless.
It would be more interesting to look at the differences and try and explain them.
Maybe " Countries which are economically free or unfree are fundamentally different, and these differences are important.
We hope that the information collected will enable research on the role economic freedom may have in economic growth and prosperity."
FreeTheWorld.com would be a start - though China doesn't score well.....