"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Mike Rapoport wrote:

"Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message
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"Matt Barrow" wrote in
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http://www.timbro.com/euvsusa/ (EU vs. USA) by a think tank in
Stockholm, Sweden Read particularly the summary at the bottom and some
of he charts comparing the various EU countries against the US.

Of course, the results of such surveys depend on the political leanings
of the authors. Authors who favour a neoliberal policy will come to
results that portray the US as better, so to encourage Europeans to
mimick American policies. Economics isn't a science, it's ideology to a
large extent.


Very true!

I think economics is relatively science based, but the interpretations
are often ideological. However, that is true with many fields.
Everything from physics to astronomy to geology to archeology.

It would be if you confuse/conflate the DATA and the INTERPRETATION and the
SUGGESTED ACTION.

Of course, for someone, or an entire culture, that is used to being led by
the nose (Europe and other statist cultures) by their media, schools,
priests, government, etc., it becomes a big problem.