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Norway - Punching Above Its Weight

20-Dec-17 08:05

Norway - Punching Above Its Weight

This Scandinavian country of  just over five million people, is an active part of the conversation on drug policy (recently decriminalising drug use), on gender equality and FM radio (it recently was the first country to shut down its entire FM network taking the country completely digital). Today we focus on Norway’s Oil Fund, one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, with an estimated USD1 trillion in assets, three times its GDP. And ask why its under-performing.

Presented by: Sharaad Kuttan


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