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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Why did Forbes magazine declare Denmark the best country for business in 2008 and 2009?

Especially when Denmark is well known for its extensive welfare sate, including socialized medicine? Is Forbes part of the global socialist communist zionist nazi fascist conspiracy?

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/6/bizcountries09-...

Update:

So socialized medicine is ok as long as a country has a relatively low population? Why precisely is socialized medicine "ok" for a a country with a low population but not "ok" for a country with a large population?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    benefits for entrepeneurs, political and macro-economical stability...

    history fashions many variations in national characteristics... denmark being small among large industrial nations and dependent on brains. higher degree of homogenity and people trust each other more than in the states.. if the harvest fails nobody gets to eat... lets help each other out

    Source(s): danish communist
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's irrelevant what Forbes magazine rated Denmark in any category, because Denmark is a much smaller country with a much smaller population. And even if their policies work for them, it does not indicate that such policies would work well here.

    __________

    No, socialized medicine is not ok. But what happens in Denmark is up to the people of DENMARK, not me. However, it definitely would be easier to manage nationalized health care in a smaller country than it would be here in the USA.

    The point is, that other countries' successes and failures can be irrelevant as models for us, exactly *because* they are other countries.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Compare their population to ours,then think on it ..

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    because it was

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