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2006-01-06 Bangladesh

Bangladesh ranks 141st in economic freedom index

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Posted by Fred 2006-01-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Now they won't get to go to meetings of the big 140.

Posted by mhw 2006-01-06 08:18|| 2006-01-06 08:18|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm trying to think of the bottom 20.

Cuba is an easy one, as is Zim-Bob-we. After that??
France? California?

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-01-06 09:06|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-01-06 09:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Haiti, Bolivia, most of subsaharan Africa comes to mind....along with a bunch of the Middle East, like Iran and Syria....but I still would have thought that Bangladesh would have been lower than 141st. Miracles do happen.

Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-01-06 09:42|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-01-06 09:42|| Front Page Top

#4 republik Bezerkeley 160.01a

Posted by RD 2006-01-06 11:19|| 2006-01-06 11:19|| Front Page Top

#5 The link to the home page for the report is here.

Countries ranked below Bangladesh, in order to the bottom:

Vietnam
Republic of Congo
Uzbekistan
Syria
Nigeria
Haiti
Turkmenistan
Laos
Cuba
Belarus
Venezuela
Libya
Zimbabwe
Burma
Iran
North Korea

Five other countries, including Iraq, were not ranked.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-01-06 11:31|| 2006-01-06 11:31|| Front Page Top

#6 All the garden spots of the world...utopias all.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-01-06 11:40|| 2006-01-06 11:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Now, now Seafarious: from what I've heard the uninhabited portions of Zimbabwe and Venezuela are really very nice.

Posted by Secret Master 2006-01-06 14:43|| 2006-01-06 14:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Bangladesh: think hurricane Katrina and New Orleans on an annual basis.

Posted by RF 2006-01-06 15:55|| 2006-01-06 15:55|| Front Page Top

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