• BlackSheep@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    And then there’s the Nordic countries. Not perfect, but free health, free education and consistently ranked the happiest in the world. Apparently they’re doing something right. You know, looking after their citizens.

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      3 days ago

      I always hear this praise from people who don’t live in that part of the world and hear something else from those who do/have.

      What they have done with tiny populations is commendable but has Norway done a better job of managing its resources than the UAE or Qatar or other nations with large petrochemical reserves and tiny populations?