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First-in-kind data set reveals insights across the world's national and regional economies
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The University of Virginia has published the Global Capitalism Index (GCI), a first-in-kind data set offering unprecedented insights into the globe's capitalism conditions in every country. Assembled from more than two hundred data sets across eight key pillars, the GCI's country
The University of Virginia has published the Global Capitalism Index (GCI), a first-in-kind data set offering unprecedented insights into the globe's capitalism conditions in every country. Assembled from more than two hundred data sets across eight key pillars, the GCI's country-by-country scores offer an array of ways to understand capitalism around the world.
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