Can The US Retain Its Position As A Super Power?

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 29, 2009 -- Will the United States of America rebound back, or continue slowly yielding its position as a world leader and Super Power?

The latest annual 'prosperity index' published by the Legatum Institute, a London-based research firm which inquires into global wealth and wellbeing, showed the USA ranks as the 9th most prosperous country in the world. That's five notches lower than last year. It appears other countries are recovering faster from the recession, than the United States.

China and India appear to have recovered quickly from the recession. Brazil seems to be forging ahead. Australia is rising faster than expected, prompting concern among government officials, who worry they may have overstimulated the economy. Meanwhile the United States is muddling through a weak, jobless recovery.

In 2010 the IMF predicts that the American economy will rise 1.9%. That's slightly higher than the average for all advanced economies, though at least 10 developed nations will grow faster.

America was placed 7th in education, behind, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Greece and Australia.

The USA fell to position No. 2 in global competitiveness, according to the World Economic Forum, in their latest report. The country to take first place was Switzerland. However the Legatum index ranks America as No. 1 for entrepreneurship and innovation, with England in 2nd place.

The United States ranks 27th for the health of its citizens. Norway, Ireland, Switzerland, Singapore and Belgium hold the top positions in health. America is below the average for 30 developed countries measured by the OECD for average life expectancy. Among those 30 countries the obesity rate in America is the worst, by far.

In the United Nations' Human Development Index, which attempts to measure the overall well-being of citizens throughout the world, the United States ranks 13th. This is one notch lower than in the previous set of rankings. Norway, Australia, Iceland and Canada are in the top positions.

Behind Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands, the United States took 11th position, in the OECD's measure of 'life satisfaction'. The United States is only one of four countries where life satisfaction is going down, not up. The other going-down nations are Portugal, Hungary, Canada and Japan. However, the research behind these rankings predates the recession.

In a GfK Roper survey of how nations rate as global 'brands', America rocketed from No. 7 in 2008 to No. 1 in 2009, largely because the world cheered the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president.

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