Politics

Best Practices in Government and Politics

The general principles of evidence-based governance should be modeled on the those countries with the highest Quality of Life indicators.

In the countries with the greatest happiness and well-being, the following principles are nearly universal, with the happiest countries having the strongest systems in place for each.

• Democracy
• Freedom of Speech
• Religious Freedom
• Separation of Church and State
• Public Education
• Social Safety Net
• Universal Health Care
• Equal Justice for all citizens
• Mixed Economy with the best elements of Socialism and Capitalism

Other Practices in Government and Politics

Not the best, but the rest.

• Fascism
• Authoritarianism
• Communism
• Socialism
• Capitalism
• Libertarianism