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Who has integrated best into the global economy? The A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index report for 2000 amounts to a sort of quiz on interaction with the world, with points awarded for global engagement in technology, politics, personal contact and economics. Among its key findings:
* Ireland is the most global of them all, mainly due to its economic results and high rate of international personal contact. The United States, despite its high technology rating (35 percent of the U.S. population is online), trails in 12th place. Malaysia is the only Muslim nation in the top 20; Israel is the only entrant from the Middle East.
* International competition doesn't seem to force countries to cut taxes in order to attract foreign ...