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Re:Thriving Norway provides an Economics Lesson by dpapathanasiou on Thursday May 14, 2009 @01:21PM (#609182)
Did they invest so wisely?

Here's one case (and I'm sure there are others) which is a resounding no: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/world/europe/02norway.html

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Re:Thriving Norway provides an Economics Lesson by Xichekolas on Thursday May 14, 2009 @02:23PM (#609301)
Well that's not quite the same, since that story is about municipalities investing poorly. Hopefully Norway's sovereign wealth fund didn't do likewise.

(as an aside: I've been to Narvik, in the summer, and the scenery is absolutely stunning. The 2am sunshine is also amusing to behold.)

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