And Justice For All

And Justice For All How Does the Land of the Free Measure Up in Social Justice? ALL SCORES ARE RATED ON A SCALE FROM 1 TO 10. THE HIGHER THE SCORE, THE BETTER THE PERFORMANCE OF EACH NATION. As it enters its third month, the Occupy Wall Street movement has given voice to those who have a growing discontent with the expanding wealth gap between rich and poor Americans. Confirming the importance The Social Justice Index of this issue, a scientific study of social justice indicators in the 31 member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that the United States ranks below average in most Northern European nations dominate global social justice rankings, particularly in the education and social cohesion categories. The United measures of a country's ability to provide all citizens with full access to its market society. States ranks below average in four of the six categories, scoring especially badly on poverty prevention. SCORES ICELAND = 8.73 The Many Dimensions of Social Justice NORWAY 8.31 DENMARK + 8.2 SWEDEN + 8.18 Poverty Prevention Social Harmony and Non-Discrimination FINLAND 8.06 PRIMARY INDICATORS: social inclusion; non-discrimination policy; income inequality: PRIMARY INDICATORS: poverty rate; child poverty: senior citizen poverty NETHERLANDS 7.72 integration policy SWITZERLAND 7.44 Czech Republic 9.18 Norway 9.22 LUXEMBOURG 7.27 Mexico 2.11 Turkey 3.22 CANADA 7.26 OECD Average 6.91 OECD Average 6.73 FRANCE 7.25 United States 3.85 United States 7.01 CZECH REPUBLIC 7.17 NEW ZEALAND 7.14 Access to Education Health AUSTRIA 7.13 PRIMARY INDICATORS: education policy; PRIMARY INDICATORS: health policy; life expectancy: GERMANY 7.03 student performance infant mortality: health in relation to income UNITED KINGDOM 6.79 Iceland 9.33 Iceland 8.53 BELGIUM 6.73 3.67 3.51 Turkey OECD Average Mexico OECD AVERAGE « 6.67 6.16 OECD Average (O 6.74 HUNGARY 6.41 United States 5.8 United States 6.23 IRELAND 6.41 ITALY 6.29 Full Employment Intergenerational Justice POLAND 6.17 PRIMARY INDICATORS: employment rate; unemployment rate: employment by demographic (age, gender, and nationality) PRIMARY INDICATORS: family and pension; AUSTRALIA 6.14 environmental policy: national debt level JAPAN 6 Içeland 9.02 Sweden 9. PORTUGAL 5.97 Slovakia 4.36 Greece 3.47 SLOVAKIA 5.96 OECD Average 6.9 OECD Average 6.36 SSOUTH KOREA : 5.89 United States 7.34 United States 5.95 SPAIN 5.83 UNITED STATES 5.7 2. 6. 10 8. 10 GREECE 5.37 CHILE 5.2 MEXICO 4.75 Key: Top Ranked Country Lowest Ranked Country OECD Average , United States TURKEY 4.19 6 10 SOURCE: BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG. "SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE OECD-HOW DO THE MEMBER STATES COMPARE?" 2011. A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE