Incredible. 

I hear there's an Alberta session at BTCHEL. Somebody should attend

Hopefully, soon, the independent Republic of Alberta will become more like both Norway and America.

Undisciplined

Mr Quoth repubbed my Norway article in full 

It’s no accident that Kristof reported from 

; had he run this comparison with Sweden or Finland, the economic outcome would have been 

 that few Americans would be persuaded by the promise. People in the Norwegian and Icelandic success stories are significantly richer than the other Nordics. Even adjusting for purchasing-power-parity numbers via the University of Groningen-Penn World Table data for 2023, Americans are still a comfortable 15-20 percent richer than most Scandinavians.

"Becoming more like Norway means becoming less American, with less of the opportunity, 

, and the entrepreneurship that made America great."

BooksAndArticles

econ

Mr Quoth repubbed my Norway article in full https://stacker.news/items/1533994

![](https://m.stacker.news/150540)

Pretty cool.

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> It’s no accident that Kristof reported from *Norway*; had he run this comparison with Sweden or Finland, the economic outcome would have been [so unacceptably low](https://reason.com/2025/08/25/why-europeans-have-less/) that few Americans would be persuaded by the promise. People in the Norwegian and Icelandic success stories are significantly richer than the other Nordics. Even adjusting for purchasing-power-parity numbers via the University of Groningen-Penn World Table data for 2023, Americans are still a comfortable 15-20 percent richer than most Scandinavians.

## "Becoming more like Norway means becoming less American, with less of the opportunity, [ingenuity](https://rationaloptimistsociety.substack.com/p/ridley-the-most-important-thing-to), and the entrepreneurship that made America great."

"Becoming more like Norway means becoming less American, with less of the opportunity, ingenuity, and the entrepreneurship that made America great.""Becoming more like Norway means becoming less American, with less of the opportunity, ingenuity, and the entrepreneurship that made America great."