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Well, if I remember correctly (I'm no expert on recent Norwegian history), Norway had a tradition of social democracy for a couple of decades before it discover
by gyardley 16y ago
Well, if I remember correctly (I'm no expert on recent Norwegian history), Norway had a tradition of social democracy for a couple of decades before it discovered its oil reserves. I suspect they also had a high degree of income equality, even back then.
I'm only arguing that today their social democracy continues to do well - and isn't under the same pressure of other European states' - because of their wealth.
- maxawaytoolong 16y agoNorway was also one of, if not the poorest country in Europe until the oil boom. They did indeed have a high degree of income equality - nobody had any money. Culturally, this, along with the harsh environment meant that Norwegians already had learned to live collectively and save whatever they had.