The word "competitiveness" implies that there is a mutually agreed-upon "competition". I am not sure what the sought-after "prize" is in this so-called competition, but as in the NFL, we let the debate get settled on the field, not some pencil-jockey's desk.
My money is, and will always be on the U.S. of A.
21 posted on 09/26/2006 11:34:12 AM PDT by Lekker 1
(("...the world will be...eleven degrees colder by the year 2000" -- K. Watt, Earth Day, 1970)