Rankings
Business and pleasure 
Cities in Canada, Australia and America remain the best destinations for business travel, according to the Economist Intelligence UnitJul 2nd 2009
Our rankings
Business
Executive confidence
Measuring optimism among over 1,000 CFOs
Economics
Global house-price indices
Tracking house-price inflation around the world
Education
Distance-learning MBAs
A ranking of the top distance-learning MBA programmes
Living
Worldwide Cost of Living survey
The world's most and least expensive cities to live in
Politics
Political instability index
Assessing social and political unrest in 165 countries
Risk
Operational risk ratings
Rating the risk of doing business in 150 markets
Technology
Ready or not?
The best countries for conducting electronic business
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About Economist.com rankings
This section brings together rankings, ratings and indices published by The Economist and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Articles summarising key findings, which link to the full rankings and related resources, are published on the release of new data.
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Articles about rankings
Before the fall
California’s financial crisis jeopardises one of the world’s finest universitiesAug 6th 2009
Staring into the abyss
Lay off 4,000 workers, or let the mayor cut the grass?May 28th 2009
Good company
Which companies have the best reputations around the world?May 6th 2009 Web only
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