is America the new Rman Empire?

Undertoad · 01-12-2007, 10:53 AM

They have massively increased in the last decade, according to this competitiveness scorecard which seems to be pretty prominent. They spent 1997-2001 ranked in the 30s, but in 2006 they ranked 19th in the world in 2006 (after rising from 31st in 2005).

Maybe it's a fluke, I don't know how the rankings are set. Based on the past years and this year, China would be roughly considered in the same "bracket" as Belgium, Scotland, Thailand, Korea, Chile.

01-12-2007, 10:53 AM	#34
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	They have massively increased in the last decade, according to this competitiveness scorecard which seems to be pretty prominent. They spent 1997-2001 ranked in the 30s, but in 2006 they ranked 19th in the world in 2006 (after rising from 31st in 2005). Maybe it's a fluke, I don't know how the rankings are set. Based on the past years and this year, China would be roughly considered in the same "bracket" as Belgium, Scotland, Thailand, Korea, Chile.

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