Looking at Scandinavian taxes, we can see the tradeoffs that government provided healthcare, university tuition, parental leave, and elder care require.
When you look at Norway’s new banknotes and their (hilarious) video describing the journey of a cod from the sea to a wallet, you can see that central bankers have become more interesting.
Norway is debating the “Tesla tax.” Targeting all heavy electric cars, the tax increase for some Tesla models could be massive: Even more broadly though, Norway is deciding when and if to diminish electric vehicle (EV) subsidies. Irresistible Incentives Norway…
Involving ideas about free trade, national sovereignty, regulation and European unity among 28 nations, a Brexit decision is more complex than it appears.
Two times the size of New Jersey, Norway’s Svalbard territory has a single jail cell that was briefly occupied a year ago. Trying to decide why Svalbard has little crime, some cite its sparse population of 3,000 or the fact that it is an…
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