General Discussion

Did you hear about our latest foray into slow tv? 2014 is the 200th anniversary of our constitution, so they got one of our most popular poli sci professors, a character to say the least, to do a live, 200 minute lecture on the last 200 years of Norwegian history. It was awesome.

One of the things he said that struck me was that he said that the Norwegian economy isn't capitalist or socialist, it is in fact negotiation-based. We don't have random strikes etc, because we have a framework for negotiation between employers and employees that is on the national level, and that gives both sides a stability and predictability that is lacking elsewhere in the world. I know that the strong worker's rights I have in my job here is the main reason why I'm not moving back to Norway. I wouldn't be able to adjust my attitude back to the serf mentality necessary to work in the US.