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Another story about why Norway is as it is: I've always liked the story [1] about how Norway is one of very few countries not going corrupt when discovering oil
by maaaats 10y ago
Another story about why Norway is as it is: I've always liked the story [1] about how Norway is one of very few countries not going corrupt when discovering oil. And most of it can be attributed to an Iraqi who happened to walk into the Norwegian Ministry of Industry one day.
What would Norway look like today if we had closed the border for him?
[1] https://www.ft.com/content/99680a04-92a0-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0 https://www.ft.com/content/99680a04-92a0-11de-b63b-00144feab...
- John_the_Hermit 10y agoNorway's culture is not typical. It produces one of the most ethical (and disciplined, but that's a different story) populations in the world. If Norway were filled with people from my background (Iranian), it would suffer immensely from corruption.