Did anyone else just immediately scroll to the bottom to look for the U.S.? That's what I did, as that's where I expected to see it. I had to scroll up to look at the rest of the countries.
You got me curious about who is striking the "right balance" -- well, BEST balance. With near 40 mil at #12 and #2 in satisfaction with life, my vote is with Switzerland.
Many economists don't think it's a good idea to grow huge positive current account balances either. Eg, this article: http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1... The problem is, if you do that, a large proportion of your savings are abroad, denominated in a foreign currency.
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[ 0.25 ms ] story [ 21.1 ms ] threadAmerica ranks 191 in CAB and ranks 23 in Satisfaction with Life Index
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisfaction_with_Life_Index
What are they doing so right?
Per capita current account balance (according to CIA factbook reported population, and current acct balance), sorted by total current account balance:
1: China: $276
2: Germany: $3242
3: Japan: $1145
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15: Sweden: $3893
42: Israel: $255
79: Afghanistan: -$2
135: Chile: -$95
179: Portugal: -$2245
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189: UK: -$1190
190: Spain: -$3766
191: US: -$1872