In which country human lives 1) are more valuable 2) have no value at all?
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1. More valuable - US and Europe\n2. No value at all - Middle East
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What would it be worth to you?  Words can be valuable and they can also be worthless.
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Typically the places which rank best for standard of living are those such as Norway, Sweden and Finland, in and around Scandinavia. However, while fine countries, they might not accord with your philosophical beliefs. To the extent that those are important to you, it is doubtful that you could ever truly be happy there if you do not all ready share the social outlooks of the aforementioned countries, et al. I suggest staying where you are if you are happy, or not committing to a new place only because of a statistic.
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I'd have to say a man of value if I knew I would be able to live the rest of my life happy and content with what I have. A man of riches may have the wealth and the position of power, but money isn't everything and there is definitely certain things in life that the richest man could never afford.
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That is a loaded question and not as simple as it looks.  Which country has the "smartest people" is different than "smartest person" in that the entire population must be counted.  I believe that people of all nations are born with an amazing gift, a human brain, and intelligence is evenly distributed around the globe.  But educational opportunities play a large role in being "smart."\n\nConsider IQ to be the bucket and education to be how full the bucket is.  Of course in too many countries, malnutrition may rob many of their full potential.  In other countries, educational opportunities are not freely available to all on an equal basis.  In many countries "smart" means educated while in others it may mean "trained" in arts and crafts handed down within a family.\n\nA short glib answer might be the united States because all children are required by law to go to school and those who wish to go on  to higher education may always find a way.  Others are free to train in a skill such as electrician where practical and theoretical knowledge is passed on by apprentiship.  The United States draws many foreign students and also Professors that enrich the educational system.\n\nThe hard question is which country does the best job in providing the most people with the opportunity to learn and advance.  Your pick may be as good as mine.
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time!  you can earn. and lose money, easy.\n\nyou get one life to live.  Once the time is gone, you never get it back.  Money and credit can be re-earned, but years can never earned back.\n\nAlways value time.  There was once an email that I received that went like this:\n\nTo realize the value of four years, ask a graduate.  \nTo realize the value of 1 year ask a student who has failed a final exam.  \nTo realize the value of 9 months, ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.  \nTo realize the value of one month ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.  \nTo realize the value of one week, ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.  \nTo realize the value of one hour, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.  \nTo realize the value of one minute ask a person who has just missed the train, bus or plane.  \nTo realize the value of one second, ask a person who has survived an accident.  Just one second’s difference.  \nTo realize the value of finally one millisecond, ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.  Just one millisecond.  \n\nTime waits for no one, treasure every moment you have.
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Consumer goods are cheaper in the US, but life in general may be more expensive due to a lack of social services, but UK is getting fewer services, and US is getting more expensive for consumer goods, so i'd go to amsterdam if i were u.
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Fact. Some people are just worth more than others.
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Are you not aware, that quantity means nothing.  The quality of a woman is what carries all the value.  100 of nothing, or one who has everything.  And your choice would be.....?
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A currency falls in value because investors lose faith in it as a currency.  Free trade benefits the exporters, not the importers.  Germany and Japan are big exporters to the United States. We export food and guns, they export cars.  Who do you think buys what more?
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The site below has some interesting facts.  The developed world set a target of 0.7% of its gross national income to be given to the poor nations.  Almost every nation came up short.  Except for Luxembourg and the Scandinavian nations who are always good. We give alot in gross dollars but as a proportion of our income we are cheapskates.  Italy beats us.  Tiny little Belgium beats us.  Belgium!  What have they got to give away anyway?  Chocolate?
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Basically the confidence people have in the currency and the stability and essential soundness of the country.  Money is of no inherent value by itself - it simply represents value.  The value is a judgment.  Money is a convenience for trade - without it all would be barter.
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No way, the USA is the greatest place in the world.  We are freedom's defenders.  We are the police of the world.  If there was no country, there would be no borders, no morals, and no civilization.  There would be annarchy and chaos and the world would be engulfed in the ultimate form of terrorism everywhere.
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I don't think it sums up all Americans, but many have noticed that we in America (and the west) tend to be extremely materialistic and that the value of one's life is determined in our societies by how much we own, how big the things we own, or how new the things we own are, etc. This has led some (Americans and Westerners as well as others outside of the west and Amerca) to point out that sometimes we miss the things of other value: family, friends, an active culture, an honoring of ancestry and family history, the chance to positively effect other people's lives and have them effect your life in a true and meaningful way that's value is beyond all material things.
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In most cases I would argue that the people in other contries are far worse off than then even the sick and homeless in developed nations but in the USA I would argue otherwise.  The reckless disragard for human needs displayed by big businesses and the government alike are creating a growing underclass of starving unemployed people which soon will eclipse those in other nations.\nDetroit has a statisticaly higher infant mortality rate than Ethiopia - how can this be right?\nThe USA is stupidly wealthy - waste and excess in levels beyond the contemplation of foriegn tyrants but almost all the wealth is concentrated in an emmerging super wealthy class of people while more and more normal people are disguarded as businesses move abroad for cheaper materials and cheap "slave" labour.\nAmericans need to unite as a people against the buinesses and corporations which are expanding the economy at the expense of the citezens.\n\n“the country was founded on the principle that the primary role of government is to protect property from the majority, and so it remains" - Noam Chomsky\n\nLet Oceania, Europe, Japan, and other nations help Africa and Asia - America has to helpm it's own people before they end up in the same state!
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It's not the values you choose..  IT's the priority of the values you have.  \n\nThe current hot button item in the news is freedom vs. security.  Which do you value more?  Patrick Henry said, "Give me freedom or give me death"  George Bush says, "Give me your freedom so that I can protect you."
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SOMETHING THAT IS COSTLY TO OBTAIN OR MAINTAIN ANDPROVIDES LITTLE BENEFIT OR VALUE