For those who've been paying attention, it's clear that the upheaval we've seen in Egypt and elsewhere stems from a globally contagious shift in the social mood. Given that, most people would probably find it helpful (or even essential) to know which country or countries might be next. Thanks to The Economist, we now have a reference source, "The Shoe Thrower's Index," that attempts to answer that question.
An index of unrest in the Arab world
The chart below is the result of ascribing a weighting of 35% for the share of the population that is under 25; 15% for the number of years the government has been in power; 15% for both corruption and lack of democracy as measured by existing indices; 10% for GDP per person; 5% for an index of censorship and 5% for the absolute number of people younger than 25. Jordan comes out surprisingly low on the chart, which suggests the weighting might need to be tweaked.
The economist,not my favorite publication.
The only statistics that count,in my opinion are
these ( and the beauty of it,is they don't require
a high school diploma,a college degree or a PH.d ,
to comprehend the implication;s a 6th.grade education
will do) When I was born we where 2 billions souls
in this world,now we are 7 B. USA was 90 million now
307 million,the city I live in was 18000 thousand,now
156000 thousand,Egypt was 12 million,now 60 million,
Morocco was 9 million now 30 million, every year we
add 80 million people to mother earth,and the madness
of the system requires more growth. I call this,cultural
Armageddon, and the economist has a lot of waking up to do.
Posted by: roger | February 13, 2011 at 04:59 PM
"I call this,cultural
Armageddon, and the economist has a lot of waking up to do."
Agreed........
Keith
thedailyeminitrader.com
Posted by: Keith | February 13, 2011 at 08:23 PM
I thnk there is a good chance the whole area collapses into chaos (even more so that now)
Posted by: Off Grid Survival | February 15, 2011 at 06:23 PM