COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. survey of public opinion in 19 countries finds in 14 a majority or plurality do not believe the government is doing enough to get the economy moving.
In three countries, public opinion leans towards more government action. The big exceptions are China and India, WorldPublicOpinion.com reports.
In China, 63 percent of those surveyed said the government's actions are just about right. In India, 37 percent said the government is going too far, while 36 percent said it is not doing enough and 21 percent said it was doing just enough.
"Only in China and India, rare countries still on a growth track, do the public seem content with policy," said Stephen Weber of WorldPublicOpinion.org.
The poll involved 18,066 people in 19 countries with 62 percent of global population. The countries polled were China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Mexico, Germany, Great Britain, France, Poland, Ukraine, Kenya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, the Palestinian territories and South Korea.
WorldPublicOpinion.org is managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. The polls were conducted between April 4 and June 12 and have margins of error from 3 to 4 percent.
