Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
It should always be understood that indicators such as this don't actually measure, they instead promote a specific agenda and then rank accordingly. Such is the case with the Economist's Most Livable Cities index, which includes access to private health care and access to private education as among its desirable features. This link is too the actual report, not the magazine's (paywalled) summary or some other overview.

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