2008 Economist Ranking for B-Schools

Does anybody else also agree that these rankings are inaccurate. You got Wharton (17) a few spots below Schulich school of business (15)(Canadian school) and then just one below Harvard.
2008 rankings
Criteria: Overall rank
Rankings methodology
School Rank (out of 100)
IMD - International Institute for Management Development 1
IESE Business School - University of Navarra 2
Chicago, University of - Graduate School of Business 3
Stanford Graduate School of Business 4
Dartmouth College--Tuck School of Business 5
California at Berkeley, University of--Haas School of Business 6
Cambridge, University of - Judge Business School 7
New York University - Leonard N Stern School of Business 8
London Business School 9
IE Business School 10
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology -- School of Business and Management 11
Harvard Business School 12
Cranfield School of Management 13
Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School 14
York University - Schulich School of Business 15
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management 16
Pennsylvania, University of - Wharton School 17
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management 18
INSEAD 19
Henley Business School at the University of Reading 20
Columbia Business School 21
Michigan, University of - Stephen M Ross School of Business 22
Warwick Business School 23
Ashridge 24
Virginia, University of - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration 25
Melbourne, University of - Melbourne Business School 26
Oxford, University Said Business School 27
Cornell University--Johnson Graduate School of Management 28
Duke University--Fuqua School of Business 29
Yale School of Management 30
Hult International Business School 31
HEC School of Management, Paris 32
ESADE Business School 33
Notre Dame, University of - Mendoza College of Business 34
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business 35
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Yup, the Hong Kong school of
Yup, the Hong Kong school of management is clearly superior to HBS.
Stern>HBS/Wharton...ok..... -
Stern>HBS/Wharton...ok.....
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So what do you do?
-I work for an investment banking firm.
Oh okay; you are like my brother, he works for Edward Jones.
-No, a college degree is required in my profession
These rankings are done from
These rankings are done from a students perspective - so it really comes down to how much they love their school. The FT rankings probably give a better indication of 'quality' than this list.