True, the Korea Composite Index has risen 2% this year in dollar terms but it's 47% lower than it was 12 months ago.

FORBES: The Korea discount

True, but the relative weighting is very close to that of the index.

FORBES: Truth in packaging

This has been true over the past five years taken together (when the Morgan Stanley World Index has averaged an 18.3% annual return) and also in every calendar year except 2005, when the return was shy of its historical (post-1926) performance by a whisker.

FORBES: Another New Era

This was true during the recession of 2000-01, and according to the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity (KIEA), which measures the new entrants to self-employment and business ownership (two measures of entrepreneurship), it has been true even through the Great Recession of 2008-09 and its aftermath.

FORBES: 2011 Startup Rates Give Clue to Sluggish Employment Growth

If one defines true sustainability as having components related to profit, planet, and people, then the Eco Index is well on its way.

FORBES: Is the Eco Index a Good Way to Measure Sustainability?

In order to determine the true amount of real income when a capital asset is sold, it would be necessary to index the purchase price for the inflation that occurred between the date of purchase and sale.

FORBES: Musings on Warren Buffett's Tax Disclosure