OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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The most recent numbers place it as the seventh-most unequal among 35 OECD states.

Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality |Noah Caldwell |September 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
(Most of the data that follows comes from the 2012 OECD report “Closing the Gender Gap”).

Can the Gender Gap Be Solved? |Kay Hymowitz |April 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
According to the OECD, 20 countries have higher high school graduation rates than the United States.

Why the World Is Smarter Than Us |Dana Goldstein |August 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
A similar pattern emerges from OECD data covering 25 industrialized countries from 2001 to 2010.

U.S. is Just Average as a Destination for Immigrants |Robert Shapiro |May 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The US is below the OECD average, whereas Finland is above, as is The Netherlands.

Can the Government Control Health Care Costs By Fiat |Megan McArdle |March 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; an association of 34 nations to promote growth and trade, set up in 1961 to supersede the OEEC