Bridgewater Judges Sovereign Nations Success On Economic Scale

For red blooded Americans who like to make generalizations about one’s geographic region relative to how “lazy” they are, a recent Bridgewater letter to investors, reviewed by ValueWalk, might provide red meat to chew on.

The conclusion one might draw is that certain geographic regions are "lazy," but Dalio and his crew don’t use these exact words.  The report euphemistically says they “savor life” more than achievement.  While the exact study methodology Dalio used to determine how much a geographic region "savors" life was not revealed, it is assumed that vacation time is one component of the study variable. Thus, an alternative conclusion might be: the more people take vacation the more their economic productivity falls.

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