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They have an Iraqi immigrant [1] to thank for their far-sighted policies. Farouk al-Kasim moved to Oslo in 1968 for family health reasons and was in the right
by nwatson 8y ago
They have an Iraqi immigrant [1] to thank for their far-sighted policies. Farouk al-Kasim moved to Oslo in 1968 for family health reasons and was in the right time and place to help steer Norway's national policy toward unexpected oil wealth shortly after.
(Edit: link to article below doesn't work well through Google indirection ... And search for original at Financial Times website is paywalled ... apologies ... search for article title "The Iraqi who saved Norway from oil", you'll find a readable link.)
[1] https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/99680a04-92a0-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/99680a04-92a...
- airstrike 8y agohttps://outline.com/zgaw23 https://outline.com/zgaw23 This is such an unbelievable story. Thanks for sharing. TIFL!
- maaaats 8y agoI linked to it this weekend, and it ended up as a top-level post on HN yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19594153 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19594153