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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

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Erica Henderson @ericafails.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Dreams do come true

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ヤシン @inuinukawaiine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

スキマ時間にちょこちょこやってるパズルゲームのキャラが大変かわいいという話 #babaisyou

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splendidland🌱 @splendid.land · 09/10/2026

this can be the Future of all art

arthur aardvark and his best friend ANDY, a photo of a baby's head on a cartoon body

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you wanna do a little something extra for an indie dev near you, you could consider voting for us in "Most Anticipated", it *will* fulfill my personal vanity but it's also genuinely helpful for a relatively small project like us ...but only if you like Blanksword, of course...

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I am learning to be more and more concise in my responses

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In my restless dreams, I see that game.......... Space Corridor..........................

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Video games just peaked with baba deadlock, it's all downhill from there

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Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 05/10/2026

one thing you learn from making a lot of things is that the nitty gritty details, the millions of tiny invisible decisions, ARE the art. The "higher level ideas" are not nearly as important or interesting

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I still think about the conversation I had with an uber driver Him: so what do you do Me: I’m a video game writer Him: wait, video games? They have writing? What do you write? Me: you know when you open up a game and you see the words? Him: yeah? Me: those

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Here's some concept art by @casey-the-bird.bsky.social for the new Folk-themed doors in the Forest! We're showing a lot of early-game material this quarter because it's become kind of a testing ground for new-and-improved elements of gameplay that we want to apply to the entire game :]

A concept sketch for wibbly wobbly knobbly fences made of wood and spare metal.

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nightmargin @nightmargin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

this came on the TV when I was 5 years old and Brother, nightmares for days

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Dancing Skeletons Animation

Alt: Dancing Skeletons Animation

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We had this enemy design in the works for a while but I think we either showed one concept art or nothing, so here you go, Big Wiggly time

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Gilamasan @gilamasan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The bill has been opened to feedback. Rather than dooming about the proposal, you can tell them exactly how you feel about the act here. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... With how much of an uphill battle Chat Control is having, you should never assume it's worthless to fight these draconian bills.

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European Commission - Have your say

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I can’t believe we’re back to medieval level conflicts like “local merchant princes attempt to bribe theologians and the Pope’s advisors so the Pope will issue a favorable proclaimation”

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🫂This bullshit needs to end asap, hope something can be done soon! Such a cool website too

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julie muncy, calamity's augur @julie.radiantarray.io · 03/10/2026

be kind to yourself. and to me. you should be extremely kind to me. you should buy me treats.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy

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Neha🍰 @nehapolitan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's Bandcamp Friday!! Gimme money I got new new OST!!🔥 💜Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists💜

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Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists, by Neha Patel

41 track album

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Literally one of the best short games I ever played and you can get it for free, and there's also a game I worked on in there (hanged man) that's pretty fun (and a bunch of other cool games)

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That's right gamers, Tofu's working on Blanksword!!!! So incredibly excited to show more of her work to you all! Shown in her original post: one of Loves-Me-Not's new overworld animations - there's more where this comes from :]

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gertritude @gertritude.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1. Go outside. (This is where all the interesting ideas are.)

GIANT SUN: What if you wrote your own DND inspired romantasy novel?

ME, EXITING CARTOON HOUSE: Hot dog!

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Bobby Schroeder @ponett.dog · 29/09/2026

the new deadlock grandma is one of the best hero shooter character designs of all time

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables

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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm incredibly lucky in that I have stability thanks to my success and independence, but that is not the norm. Jobs were already scarce for composers even before everything fell apart. Now it's apocalyptic.

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The cluelessness of this reminds me a lot of the NFT grift. The thing about NFTs was that it was mainly something finance bros were into, and when they were trying to worm their way into gaming, their pitches were an abyssal trench of bad ideas because they couldn't grasp why people played games.

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Bee, dog in the city @brodnork.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

everyone new here check out my other games too . they're both awesome as fuck and also i need money to keep making awesome as fuck video games

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Quinn K. @quinnkdev.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

lrp i worked on the narrative design / writing for Talon Towers! @jamathandev.bsky.social is a staggeringly cool developer to work with; you write a place and a situation and it becomes real in such a breathtaking way. i'm honored to be collaborating with him and @hyphinett.bsky.social !

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The new game from the developer of BETON BRUTAL just got announced and our very own co-director Quinn worked on it :]

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

thinking about this again today, and not even in the context of procgen. The thing about systems design is that it's so easy to get excited about making little sandboxes for yourself that you forget the player needs insight into it, lest it simply appear the same as complete randomness.

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I remember this level of Hollow Knight

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Yamino @yamino.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The THC chocolates don't give you a hangover, but there are other signs the next morning

Yamino holding a bar of soap with teeth marks on it

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maru @koyamori.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

space gourmand enjoys a soup #art

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

basking in the warm light of the temple, yet so blissfully unaware of the sacred texts...

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It can be scary to open up to the world with the AI clones and all the bs going on online but if you have something genuinely personal to share and you make a genuine effort to reach to people, you'll find friends and community sooner than you'd think possible, and that makes a world of difference.

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We're very lucky to have a good-hearted community that gives us a lot of mental fuel and keeps us grounded but without that (and sometimes even with), game dev can feel very lonely and very sisyphean. In my opinion, it makes it so important to spend time with people and not stay in your "dev hole".

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's genuinely difficult to feel that you're "doing it right" when it comes to visibility and putting your project on the map, and it's also difficult to see a way through that doesn't feel like you're selling your soul or turning into Corporate Account #2244419.

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've personally lost count of the number of scammy/influencery emails I've received since we started Blanksword (even before that!) and it's a really easy trap to fall into if you're just getting into dev!

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⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️ @blanksword.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Algorithm just bounced this super solid 15mn vlog by @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social on my lap that goes over a few of the traps and growing pains indie devs have to deal with that aren't super obvious to people not actively working in the business (or that just started their journey as indie devs)

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A Warning for Indie Game Developers

YouTube video by Regular Eyepatch Wolf

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