[vmsmith]

That's kind of a silly list. Look at the 11 countries above the U.S. in 'economic freedom'..

First, there's Hong Kong, Singapore, Switzerland, Mauritius -- Mauritius...?!?!? -- Ireland, Denmark, and Estonia.

Really? You're really going to compare those postage stam...sorry, countries, and their so-called economic freedom to the U.S.? Really?

Australia, Canada, Chile, and New Zealand...OK, I can perhaps buy that. Particularly Australia and Canada.

Now look at the countries below the U.S. Included are:

Taiwan, Germany, South Korea, Israel...all doing quite nicely on the capitalist front.

Not to mention Norway, Sweden, Finland, and several other countries with arguably higher standards of living and qualities of life than the U.S.

A silly list purporting to demonstrate an even sillier implication.

[jedrek]

A friend just moved back to the us from Denmark and can't shut up about how much better it is for business in the US.

[gaius]

Jante Law. "Who are you to start your own company? Do you think you're better than an employee?"

[Gigablah]

> You're really going to compare those postage stam...sorry, countries

I don't get it.

[Patient0]

he means that the countries are so small (in area) - the size is comparable to a postage stamp (i.e. hyperbole)

[vmsmith]

It's not just that they're small in size. They're small in almost everything.

Take regulation, one of the things that's considered a measurement. Yeah, the U.S. has lots of regulations about, say, oil and gas and coal extraction. Do either Hong Kong or Singapore even have to think about oil, gas, and coal extraction? The U.S. has farms and ranches that are bigger than a few of those countries. Do those countries need to think about food regulation the way the U.S. does? That sort of thing.

For the most part they're not even in the same universe economically.

And yes, it was a bit of deliberate hyperbole.