The differences in the prevention of poverty and access to educational opportunities are immense in the OECD. Best of all the northern European countries provide for equal opportunities for achievement. At the same time, many continental European and Anglo-Saxon welfare states considerable catching up to have the largest index according to the U.S., Greece, Chile, Mexico and Turkey.
Northern Europe leads the way
An international comparison shows that “social justice and market performance is not necessarily exclude each other, this show in particular the Nordic countries.” Said Aart de Geus, a board member of the Bertelsmann Foundation, at the presentation of the study. On the first places of the justice index are Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and
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