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According to a study last year by the World Bank, Switzerland, my home country, is the richest nation on this planet. The US comes in a close fourth, right after Denmark and Sweden. In the poorest countries, such as Ethiopia, up to half the money comes from natural resources; in Switzerland, that proportion is close to one percent. Basically, my country, which lies in the very heart of Europe, is rich because it posesses an awful lot of immaterial capital such as an education system and a functioning system of law. The same goes also for the US, I suppose.

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Looking back at five years riding the Street Sheet editorial/production/coordination desk and setting it down on paper isn’t nearly as simple as it seemed when I agreed to do exactly that for this 15th Anniversary issue. I guess I have to confess an utter lack of objectivity when discussing work with which I feel such a deep, personal connection.

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