HDI is less bad, the main issue is it includes GNI per capita (without mentioning distribution of the same).
I like GHI https://www.globalhungerindex.org/ranking.html
Also check out WID https://wid.world/ (data quality varies by country)
Instead of using over the top liberal bias, let's add an over the top communist bias.
Every country starts out at 0.
+1 for every successful communist revolution aided
-1 for every successful counterrevolution aided
Life Expectancy, working hours, access to consumer necessities and luxuries, literacy rates, access to healthcare, quality of healthcare, access to education, education quality, working hours, vacation days, sick leave, birth rates, housing rates, job security, crime rates, etc
Great answer. Someone should make an equation / chart that normalizes some of these. Life expectancy, working hours, literacy, and crime rates would probably be enough.
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