KPDS 2006-2 Soru=83

We understand from the passage that Finland's population ----.

In Finland now, everything is all right. Fifteen years after
one of the worst recessions any European country has
seen, triggered by the collapse of the Soviet Union, the
Finns feel very content. Their small country of a population
of 5 million is the first in the World Economic Forum's list
of the world's most competitive countries, and the second
in its business-competitiveness index. It is also the first in
the OECD's world ranking of educational performance and
has the second-highest share of research-anddevelopment
spending in the European Union. Moreover,
the country is reversing its demographic decline and,
hence, its fertility rate is one of the highest in Europe.
Perhaps best of all the Finns are facing globalization
without paranoia. Theirs is one of the few European
countries to have succeeded in businesses in which
international prices are falling because of global
competition and technological change. In most of Europe
public opinion and even business élites seem gloomily
resigned to being overwhelmed by India and China.
Finland suggests that this fate is not inevitable.