II. Contexts - Technological
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•Among technologically most advanced countries in world
•Level of Living ‑ Among highest in world ‑ How do we do this calculation?
–2002 GDP per capita highest in course
–2002 Human Development Index
–Child Poverty very low
Level of Living ‑ Among highest in world ‑ How do we do this calculation?
Q? ‑ What does level of living mean?
Q? ‑ Problems of measurement in one country?
Q? ‑ Complications across countries?

2002 GDP per capita highest in course
   But below USA

2002 Human Development Index
   Includes GDP per capita, life expectancy and average education
   Canada second highest in course (after Sweden)
   US ranks 16th, lower than any country in the course

Child Poverty very low
   Better than Britain or Italy but below Sweden (the four Scandanavian countries are the four best in the world) France and Germany.
   US is the worst of all the developed countries in the world