America is No 1!

Here is a stunning portrait of where America ranks today, from a recent column by Thomas Friedmann:

• sixth in global innovation-based competitiveness, but 40th in rate of change over the last decade; 
• 11th among industrialized nations in the fraction of 25- to 34-year-olds who have graduated from high school; 
• 16th in college completion rate; 
• 22nd in broadband Internet access; 
• 24th in life expectancy at birth; 
• 27th among developed nations in the proportion of college students receiving degrees in science or engineering; 
• 48th in quality of K-12 math and science education; 
• 29th in the number of mobile phones per 100 people.