[shmolyneaux]

The content of this article is based on the 2018 The Global Competitiveness Report which you can find here: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GCR2018/05FullReport/TheGlobalC...

[munk-a]

So there's a handy table in that document that shows all the rankings and notes that the US position hasn't moved in the past year, how is this article even a thing?

[dkasper]

You’re not wrong that the chart shows that rank didn’t change for some reason, but if you look at the 2017 report you’ll see the US was number 2 last year.