The document identifies Taiwan as the 10th greatest society in the world according to an article on Forbes' website. The article ranks societies based on economic opportunity and quality of life. Germany ranked first, followed by the Netherlands and United Kingdom. Taiwan outranked many other countries and placed 10th. The article's authors evaluated countries based on indicators related to economic freedom, ease of doing business, sustainability, and other metrics to determine the top 10 greatest societies globally. Within Asia, Japan ranked 5th while South Korea placed 8th.

1. The World's 10 Great Societies
世界十大偉大社會 From Probes 富比士雜誌
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2. • T he World' s 1 0 Grea Societies
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• Of a fa
ll ctors tha ma a society Grea two sta out: Economic opportunity a qua of life. Economic
t ke t, nd nd lity
opportunity a llows people to crea wea for themselves a society, while qua of life a
te lth nd lity llows people to enj
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their wea a ncing their persona a public lives, a ca
lth, dva l nd s ptured in a host of popula country listings published
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by reputa institutions like Forbes, T he Wa Street J
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T he I ndex of Economic Freedom a the I ndex of Ea of D oing Business, for insta mea the effectiveness
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of a society in providing citizens economic opportunities. T he Q ua of Life a the Susta bility indices
lity nd ina
provide the effectiveness of a society in a ssuring citizens qua of life. B ut wha a
lity t bout a single listing tha t
ca ptures the effectiveness of a society offering both?
• To a ddress this question, we crea the Economic Opportunity a Q ua of Life listing tha identifies the
te nd lity t
countries tha sta out in both indices. Specifica we review ten indica (five indica tha mea
t nd lly, tors tors t sure
economic opportunity, a a nd nother five indica tha mea qua of life), a we identify the countries tha
tors t sure lity nd t
ma it to the top 20 percent of a lea five of these indica -a
ke t st tors ssigning them one sta for ea indica
r ch tor.
• As it ca be seen from the list below, 1 0 countries sa these criteria T hree Western Europea countries, UK,
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Germa a Netherla top the list, receiving 9 sta mea
ny, nd nds rs, ning tha they ma it to the top 20 percent in
t ke
nine of the ten indica deployed. Germa a United Kingdom miss on the Globa tion I ndex, while
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Netherla misses out on the Susta bility I ndex. T wo countries, Fra a J pa ma it to the top of the
nds ina nce, nd a n ke
list with 8 sta followed by Austra , Ca da a South Korea with 7 sta US with 6 sta a T a n
rs, lia na , nd rs, rs, nd iwa
with 5 sta But wha distinguishes a sepa tes these countries on the list from those tha fa to ma it to
rs. t nd ra t iled ke
the list?
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3. • 全球偉大社會 台灣名列第 10
• 台灣是全球第 1 0 大偉大社會？據富比士雜誌網站的市場投資專欄指出，經濟機會和生活品質是造就一個偉大社會的兩項重要指標，在這個
標準下，德國是全球最偉大的社會，其次為荷蘭、英國，台灣則名列第 1 0 ，超越了許多國家。
• 發表「世界 1 0 大偉大社會」（ T he World’s 1 0 Grea Societies）一文的作者莫杜庫塔斯（ Pa M ourdoukouta
t nos s）及紐約聖若望大學商學院助教史特
凡尼迪斯（ Abra m Stefa
ha nidis）說，經濟機會可以讓民眾為自己和社會創造財富，而生活品質則能讓民眾享受財富、提升個人和大眾的生活
水準。所以依據國際評比的經濟自由度、經商容易度、社會永續等資料，進而評選出全球 1 0 大偉大社會。
• 在此排名中，同屬亞洲的日本排名第 5 ，南韓名列第 8 。而大陸、印度等則因經濟市場由政府當局掌控，所以沒有進榜。
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4. 10.
Taiwan Republic of China
台灣，中華民國
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United States
美國
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17. 08.
South Korea
韓國
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23. 07.
Canada
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Australia 澳洲
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France 法國
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Germa 德國
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