I mean, I think Norway has been pretty responsible with their North Sea windfall. I don’t think one can really especially criticize them too much for anything they’ve done with Statoil/Equinor or their public petroleum fund. And given Saab’s demise and the sale of Volvo to China, I’m not sure that Sweden going it’s own way demonstrates a more sustainable model of industrial democracy.
You’re right though that I should have caveated that trivia - I’m not certain about the specifics or the essential truth of it. Still an interesting counterfactual to consider.
You’re right though that I should have caveated that trivia - I’m not certain about the specifics or the essential truth of it. Still an interesting counterfactual to consider.