He is working on a study on upward mobility in global cities for the London-based Legatum Institute.
Still, the Legatum Institute argues that Rwanda shows that the rule of law can take root in Africa.
He is also an adjunct fellow at the Legatum Institute in London and serves as executive editor of newgeography.com.
The Legatum Prosperity Index is based on a study of 142 countries comprising 96% of global population.
So who are the happiest people in the world, as measured by Legatum?
Joel Kotkin is a distinguished presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University, adjunct fellow at the Legatum Institute and executive editor of Newgeography.com.
Mr. Rohac is the deputy director of economics at the Legatum Institute.
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The Legatum study does not look at happiness per se but prosperity, which my colleague Christopher Helman argues is a pretty good proxy.
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Joel Kotkin, a regular columnist for Forbes.com, is a presidential fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and an adjunct fellow for the Legatum Institute, which supported this research.
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Though the good people at the Legatum Group (founded by New Zealand billionaire Christopher Chandler) are certainly making a good faith effort toward figuring out the key traits of successful societies, there are some areas where their data is unreliable.
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