Democracy Index by the Economist Intelligence Unit, 2011.

A quarterly report prepared by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of Barclays Wealth in 2007 estimated that there were 48, 000 dollar millionaires in Malaysia ( over twice that of China ).

* Economic Outlook by Economist Intelligence Unit

" The Economist Intelligence Unit reports that the " poor investment climate, including annulments of some earlier sales, continues to deter many Western investors.

The Economist Intelligence Unit reports that foreign investment accounts for approximately 50 percent of total banking capital.

Additionally, Morocco was ranked the 1st African country by the Economist Intelligence Unit ' quality-of-life index, ahead of South Africa.

Economist Intelligence Unit, while admitting that “ there is no consensus on how to measure democracy ” and that “ definitions of democracy are contested ”, lists North Korea in last place as the most authoritarian regime in its index of democracy assessing 167 countries.

Perth came 9th in the Economist Intelligence Unit's August 2012 list of the world's most liveable cities.

The Economist Intelligence Unit classifies Singapore as a " hybrid " country, with authoritarian and democratic elements.

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2008, Uruguay scored an 8. 08 in the Democracy Index and ranked 23rd amongst the 30 countries considered to be Full Democracies in the world.

Two widely known measures of livability are the Economist Intelligence Unit's quality-of-life index and Mercer's Quality of Living Reports.

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In a 2005 study of 127 world cities, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked the city first ( in a tie with Vancouver, Canada ) for the world's most livable cities ( in the 2012 survey of 140 cities Vienna was ranked number two, behind Melbourne ).

In 2009, Harare was voted to be the toughest city to live in according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's livability poll.

The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Harare as the world's least livable city in 2011.

According to a survey of world cities by the Intelligence Unit of The Economist, Port Moresby is one of the world's least livable cities ( ranked 139 of 140 cities rated ).

In 2010, an assessment released by the Economist Intelligence Unit ( EIU ) of the United Kingdom, ranked Barbados 6th in the world, and the top spot in the Western Hemisphere for road network density.

It was also rated the 16th most livable city in the world in 2009 by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Greater Zhengzhou was recently named as one of the 13 emerging megacities or megalopolises in China in a July 2012 report by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

The Economist Intelligence Unit produces a bi-annual ( twice yearly ) worldwide cost of living survey that compares more than 400 individual prices across 160 products and services.

* Economist Intelligence Unit worldwide cost of living survey results ( requires registration )

Kellogg has historically been ranked as one of the top business schools in the world by BusinessWeek, U. S. News & World Report, The Economist Intelligence Unit, and other business news outlets.

*" The Importance of Corporate Responsibility ", Economist Intelligence Unit, January 2005.

Two examples are the Mercer Quality of Living Survey and the Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Report.

In 2008 The Economist Intelligence Unit's Which MBA ranking also placed Warwick's full-time MBA programme 29th in the world, top 10 in Europe and 6th in the world for the final salary of its graduates, placing it ahead of other top international business schools such as Said Business School ( Oxford ), Yale School of Management, and ESADE.

* Economist Intelligence Unit's 2006 MBA rankings

In global rankings, Columbia was ranked # 7 by The Economist and # 5 ( 2012 ranking ) by Financial Times.

In its most recent ranking the school's MBA programme was placed 15th in Europe by The Economist.

The Economist ranked Stanford 4th in its 2008 business school ranking.

IIM-A is the only Indian institute listed by The Economist in its 2011 Full-time B-school ranking, at # 78.

A survey on higher education published by The Economist in 2005 commented ARWU as " the most widely used annual ranking of the world's research universities.

The criteria on which The Economist bases its ranking are ( a ) opening of new career opportunities ( 35 %), ( b ) personal development / educational experience ( 35 %), ( c ) increase in salary ( 20 %), and ( d ) potential to network ( 10 %).

In 2008 the School's MBA programme was ranked 67th best in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit in their annual ranking of the Top 100 MBA programmes in the world, with the School 4th best in the world in terms of diversity of recruiters and 7th best in terms of student quality.

The Economy of Angola is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, with the Economist asserting that for 2001 to 2010, Angolas ' Annual average GDP growth was 11. 1 percent.

Economist Paul Krugman commented that the incident showed that " the imperatives of crony capitalism trump professed faith in free markets ," at least for the Department of Agriculture at the time.

The Economist criticised Ricardo for his lack of support for free trade and expressed hostility to welfare, believing that the lower orders were responsible for their economic circumstances.

The Economist took the position that regulation of factory hours was harmful to workers and also strongly opposed state support for education, health, the provision of water, and granting of patents and copyrights.

Nonetheless, the belief in this status persisted for years, even finding its way onto UNESCO's own web site, into the pages of the New York Times and The Economist, and into international media reports in respect of Toronto's two Olympic bids.

In August 1956 he was sent to Beirut as a Middle East correspondent for The Observer and The Economist.

The Economist described the sentiments, stating that " Much as Adolf Hitler won early praise for galvanising German industry, ending mass unemployment and building autobahns, Saddam earned admiration abroad for his deeds.

The story had already been described as a myth in 1973 ; the Economist quoted a Mr Maney as " revealing that Watson never made his oft-quoted prediction that there was ' a world market for maybe five computers '".

Economist Jeffrey D. Sachs criticizes the First Past The Post arrangement for enabling the two-party system:

Economist Pat Choate was nominated for Vice President.

" The Economist voiced worries that orbital platforms might be used for surprise nuclear attacks.

Economist Thomas DiLorenzo notes that Senator Sherman sponsored the 1890 William McKinley tariff just three months after the Sherman Act, and agrees with The New York Times which wrote on October 1, 1890: " That so-called Anti-Trust law was passed to deceive the people and to clear the way for the enactment of this Pro-Trust law relating to the tariff.

The author of a piece is named in certain circumstances: when notable persons are invited to contribute opinion pieces ; when journalists of The Economist compile special reports ( previously known as surveys ); for the Year in Review special edition ; and to highlight a potential conflict of interest over a book review.

The Economist frequently receives letters from senior businesspeople, politicians and spokespeople for government departments, non-governmental organisations and lobbies, but well written or witty responses from anyone are considered, and controversial issues frequently produce a torrent of letters.

It is extremely rare for any comment by The Economist to appear alongside any published letter.

In addition, The Economist is known for its Big Mac Index, which it first published in 1986, which uses the price of the hamburger in different countries as an informal measure of the purchasing power of currencies.