The Good Country Index

Ireland is the ‘goodest’ country in the world, according to a new survey which measures what 125 nations contribute to the planet and humanity.

The UK made it to the seventh place in the overall index but was crowned as the best country in the world for its contribution in terms of technology and science.

The Good Country Index, conceived by policy adviser Simon Anholt, analyses 35 different types of data from the UN, the World Bank and other international organisations and NGOs.

This includes information such as freedom of the press, the number of refugees hosted, the amount of weapons exported and the number of Nobel Prize winners. This it the first time the Index is published.

What The BBC May Not Be Telling You

More than 50,000 people marched in London yesterday against austerity and government cuts. A spokesman for the People’s Assembly, which organised the march, said the turnout was “testament to the level of anger there is at the moment”. The crowds heard speeches at Parliament Square from People’s Assembly supporters, including Caroline Lucas MP and journalist Owen Jones. Addressing the marchers, Jones said: “Who is really responsible for the mess this country is in? Is it the Polish fruit pickers or the Nigerian nurses? Or is it the bankers who plunged it into economic disaster – or the tax avoiders? It is selective anger.”

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Home Is Where The Heart Is

America’s Billionaires could afford to buy entire American Cities according to a new survey.

Walton Family
Wal-Mart
$154.8 billionSeattle, WA
241,450 homes
$111.5 billion
Koch Brothers
Oil
$86.0 billionAtlanta, GA
286,629 homes
$78.1 billion
Bill Gates
Microsoft
$77.5 billionBoston, MA
114,212 homes
$76.6 billion
Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway
$63.5 billionCharlotte, NC
280,214 homes
$56.1 billion
Michael Bloomberg
Bloomberg LP
$31.8 billionAnaheim, CA
69,167 homes
$31.4 billion
Larry Page
Google
$30.8 billionBoca Raton, FL
99,964 homes
$29.5 billion
Jeff Bezos
Amazon.com
$30.5 billionNapa, CA
57,923 homes
$29.5 billion
Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook
$27.7 billionSaint Paul, MN
139,124 homes
$26.8 billion
Steve Ballmer
Microsoft
$20.4 billionLittleton, CO
64,516 homes
$20.0 billion
Phil Knight
Nike
$18.3 billionFalls Church, VA
37,838 homes
$18.0 billion
Paul Allen
Microsoft
$15.9 billionDurham, NC
92,290 homes
$15.8 billion
Rupert Murdoch
media
$13.6 billionPeoria, AZ
60,894 homes
$13.5 billion
Elon Musk
Tesla Motors
$8.8 billionCentreville, VA
23,789 homes
$8.8 billion
Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren
$7.1 billionWorcester, MA
44,385 homes
$7.1 billion
Dustin Moskovitz
Facebook
$6.6 billionWheaton, IL
21,365 homes
$6.6 billion
Jan Koum
WhatsApp
$6.4 billionLaguna Hills, CA
10,892 homes
$6.4 billion
S. Truett Cathy
Chick-fil-A
$6.3 billionBrick, NJ
30,541 homes
$6.3 billion
Charles Schwab
Discount brokerage
$6.0 billionSpotsylvania, VA
25,925 homes
$6.0 billion
George Lucas
Star Wars
$5.0 billionHomestead, FL
44,400 homes
$5.0 billion
Donald Trump
Television, real Estate
$3.9 billionCommerce City, CO
17,527 homes
$3.9 billion
H. Ross Perot Sr
Computer services
$3.6 billionDover, DE
24,197 homes
$3.6 billion
Steven Spielberg
Movies
$3.4 billionSun City West, AZ
18,934 homes
$3.4 billion
Jerry Jones
Dallas Cowboys
$3.1 billionLongview, WA
18,645 homes
$3.1 billion
Oprah Winfrey
Television
$2.9 billionMokena, IL
10,625 homes
$2.9 billion
Mark Cuban
Online media
$2.6 billionForney, TX
13,286 homes
$2.6 billionTed Turner
Cable television
$2.2 billionJonesboro, GA
28,981 homes
$2.2 billionHoward Schultz
Starbucks
$2.1 billionLake Wales, FL
23,045 homes
$2.1 billionMeg Whitman
Ebay
$2.0 billionWinder, GA
19,818 homes
$2.0 billionDonald Sterling
Real estate
$1.9 billionRandallstown, MD
10,421 homes
$1.9 billionBruce Nordstrom
Department stores
$1.4 billionFlorence, AZ
10,878 homes
$1.4 billion

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