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> But more important is the tradition of investments. Recently was a
> quite large Norwegian history published in twelve volumes by a
> publishing company called Aschehoug. I have read most of it.
> It is written there about the years 1890-1900 that if one was to look
> for something like the "Asian tigers" at that time, Norway would have
> been among them, because at that time was Norway investing a larger
> part of ite GNP than any other European country, although it was
> among the poorest countries in Europe per capita/person.
> Since then Norway has always been, and is still, among the countries
> in the World that have the largest investments as part of GNP.
> I would call it a part of the "Norwegian credo". We believe in
> investments, and are only comfortable when a large part of GNP is
> being invested.
> And to put a larger part of GNP into education will fit very well in
> with our Credo.
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> Tor Forde
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I'd like to add one thought to what I believe is this
fine idea of a people and its persons devoting themselves
to investment: One aspect of this investment (what a beautiful
word when you break it up: in-vest-ment --> to clothe oneself...)
--> one aspect of this investment process needs to be to
invest in making the *investment process* humanly rewarding
(interesting, "satisfying", sociably congenial, etc.), so that
persons get their primary reward, *immanently*, from *doing the work*,
rather than by "sublimating" and sacrificing ("the [hypocritical]
Protestant ethic"), etc.. As Willa Cather said:
The way is everything; the end is nothing.
\brad mccormick
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