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Originally Posted by Vance Wood
This goes to show you what happens when socialistic practices are adopted and applied to something. The things they are supposed to help, they control, the things they are supposed to advance, they retard, and the things they are supposed to preserve they destroy. In the end we are left with a mediocre shadow of what came before government got involved that is more repressive than the situation it was asked to assist.
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HDI 2007:
2. Norway 0.968 (
1)
6. Sweden 0.956 (
1) (social democracy)
12. United States 0.951 (
4)
Wikipedia:
"The Norwegian economy is an example of
mixed economy, featuring a combination of
free market activity and large government ownership. The government controls key areas, such as the strategic
petroleum sector (
StatoilHydro), hydroelectric energy production
Statkraft), aluminium production (
Norsk Hydro), the largest Norwegian bank (
DnB NOR) and telecommunication provider (
Telenor). The government controls 31.6% of publicly listed companies. When non-listed companies are included the state has even higher share in ownership (mainly from direct oil license ownership)."
"Norway possesses the second highest
GDP per-capita and third highest
GDP (PPP) per-capita in the world, and has maintained first place in the world in the
UNDP Human Development Index (HDI) for the fifth consecutive year (2006)."
I dunno, I kinda like socialism...
(sorry for being a tad off topic!)