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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 13h

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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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

London Greening. It's gonna be close... Linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Montage of photos of green suppers in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election campaign.

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Lisa Wingate @lisawingate.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Vile conversation this morning on brexit and the ‘war’ please do not bring this man back as a replacement to Rory. I had to switch it off, Alasdair how could you stay agreeable with the opinions of this man 🤮🤬

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Lisa Wingate @lisawingate.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

@rory-stewart.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social sorry had to switch off your podcast this morning as I could not listen to Gove for a second longer. Managed to get through the Brexit pantomime but his opinions on the ‘war’ were too much. Please do not bring him on again to replace Rory🙏

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

'River cruises cancelled due to climate emerggency' There, I fixed your headline BBC

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

1/x Two of the best-known coats on any high street began as working kit for sailors on cold decks. Both carry names from my little corner of the North Sea: Duffel, a small town near Antwerp, and the Dutch word "pij". The story of the duffel coat and the peacoat. #maritimehistory

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We all know tax goes up the more you earn... right? 🤔 Not quite. For most people, yes. But at the very top, something strange happens.. Average tax rates paid: 💷 Top 10% → 39% 💷 Top 1% → 37% 💷 Top 0.1% → 34% 💷 Top 0.01% → 30% And 1 in 4 of the ultra-rich pay 20% or less.

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Environmental Paper Network @environmentalpaper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The EU needs to stop incentivising #biomass in the Renewable Energy Directive (#RED) and the EU Emissions Trading System (#EUETS). The Biomass Action Network of EPN, together with more than 40 NGOs, calls on the #EU to stop incentivising biomass in RED & ETS legislation. A thread🧵

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A good reminder "Data science" isn't Science..."Without models, mathematical or conceptual, data are just noise...science advances only if it can provide explanations...there is an area where petabytes of information can be used...But don't call it science" link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪🌐

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The end of theory in science? - EMBO Reports

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.

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Lisa Wingate @lisawingate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A wee petition to sign in the hope that these twin sisters can be released from prison ✍️🤞https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/iran_twin_sisters_2_2/?copy&utm_source=copy&utm_medium=social_share&utm_campaign=59419&share_location=post_action&referer_id=01a0c3423f16701fbbcdc10b8df62a85

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Urgent: Free the Iranian twin sisters

This could be our last chance to save Taraneh and Romina from death. Sign now.

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Now Andy Burnham is PM we’re going to hand this petition to him demanding he tax the super rich. We need 400 more signatures to hit our target…Can you help us get there by signing it today? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...

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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich

Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...

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Cliff Cash Comedy @cliffcashcomedy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My new podcast drops this Saturday everywhere you consume podcasts. YouTube (cliffcashcomedy) and Spotify/apple (bless your heart). PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A windfall tax on the big banks. Support our small businesses.

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Pierre Rigaux @pierrerigaux.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Tenir un oiseau par la tête et le faire tourner, c’est ce que font des chasseurs en Baie de Somme 👇 Les chasseurs en Baie de Somme commettent atrocités sur atrocités mais sont défendus par les députés locaux, RN et François Ruffin 👌

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

One of French puppeteer Raphaël Gromy’s most recognizable performances features a puppet painting real artworks on canvas, blending puppetry, live performance, and visual art into a unique theatrical experience. 😊 IG: @artistsuniversum @raphael_gromy

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JewInACanoe.bsky.social 🎗️ @jewinacanoe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Someone tell NASA that we found a short cut.

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Ornikkar @ornikkar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Faut pas gaspiller ! (Par Decressac)

Un type dit au pompier de ne pas gaspiller l'eau car "on en a besoin pour nos méga datacenters"

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Matthieu Guyot @matthieugdsm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Désespoir, colère, frustration… Quelques extraits parmi beaucoup d’autres dans ce triste article qu’il faut lire intégralement.

Le 24 juin, le jour le plus chaud jamais enregistré pour ce mois de l'année, Gabriel, 17 ans, a ouvert son groupe WhatsApp familial pour témoigner de sa colère. « Je suis énervé, a écrit le lycéen. Enervé car depuis des années tous les scientifiques s'accordent à dire que si rien ne change on est condamnés à l'extinction de notre espèce et à des millions d'autres.
(...) Enervé car, quand je pense à mon avenir, je ne me demande pas quel métier je veux faire, mais je me demande plutôt si mes enfants auront une Terre vivable sur laquelle habiter. » Son message reste sans réponse. Les conversations habituelles reprennent leur cours, le laissant encore plus accablé.

soufflant Clément. Marianne, 29 ans, est rongée par la culpabilité. En mai, elle a donné naissance à son premier enfant, qui a déjà enduré trois canicules. « Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de me demander ce qu'on a fait, dans quel monde on a projeté notre fils, exprime cette maraîchère dans une ferme biologique en Mayenne. Avec mon conjoint, on vit dans un environnement naturel, on a un habitat léger écologique, on pensait avoir encore quelques années de "fraîcheur" pour voir venir. Mais les dégâts nous dépassent déjà. »

« On a un afflux massif de personnes qui viennent consulter ces derniers jours », constate Charline Schmerber, une psychothérapeute spécialiste de la question de l'écoanxiété, membre du Réseau des professionnels de l'accompagnement face à l'urgence écologique. « Chez beaucoup, il y a un phénomène de sidération, de choc, de constater que ces températures extrêmes sont déjà là, si violentes, décrit-elle. J'ai reçu des jeunes qui étaient en proie à des attaques de panique, ou qui se trouvaient figés, comme séchés net émotionnellement et physiquement. Une telle canicule peut agir comme un trauma du corps et de l'esprit. »
La hausse des passages aux urgences psychiatriques l'a par ailleurs rappelé : la chaleur rend plus difficile la régulation du corps et de l'esprit, ce qui amplifie le développement écoanxieux.

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optimisticsoap.bsky.social @optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?

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irm86.bsky.social @irm86.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

With record global temperatures this behaviour is not appropriate for a public service broadcaster.

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Lisa Wingate @lisawingate.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Yes what is the solution to PE and the asset stripping culture?

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GroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This is a very serious problem for libraries, archives, and knowledge-keepers of all kinds. If you don’t control access to your collections, *you do not have collections.* If we do not have permanent access to records, stories, & sources of knowledge then our histories and memories are not our own.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 06/08/2026

🇫🇷 🚜 French farmers turn to drought-tolerant crops amid climate pressures Faced with recurring heatwaves and drought, a growing number of farmers in France's Alsace region are turning to crops such as lentils and chickpeas that need less water and fewer pesticides than many traditional alternatives

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richiebryan.bsky.social @richiebryan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We can't keep ignoring what's outside the window Record breaking drought will cause food insecurity and increased food prices Not to mention loss of wildlife and human life from wildfires and heat related death Let's do all we can to protect ourselves from the worst impacts of climate breakdown 💚

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Lisa Wingate @lisawingate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Maybe the @egu.eu community could help voice concerns about this next menacing idea that the US is pushing through to deploy mirrors in space to have light at night on request. Read their sales pitch www.reflectorbital.com should there be a GDB about this at the EGU? @safastrofrance.bsky.social

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Reflect Orbital

Sunlight after dark

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Bon Pote @bonpote.com · 05/08/2026

« Le monde paysan a peur ». -36% pour l'orge, -30% pour le maïs, des milliers de tonnes de mâche, salades, carottes, poireaux perdus… L'été 2026 met à nu la vulnérabilité de notre modèle agricole. On fait le point sur la crise en cours. bonpote.com/recoltes-202...

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Canicules : le monde paysan face à l'effondrement des récoltes

Canicules répétées et pertes record : les récoltes de l'été 2026 s'effondrent. Décryptage de la crise agricole en cours.

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Temperature and light responses of moss-associated nitrogen fixation vary across climates Yunyao Ma and Kathrin Rousk nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @voltcenter.bsky.social #PlantScience

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.

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EGU Biogeosciences Division (BG) @egubg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Share your fieldwork “fails”! ⛺️ ⛏️ Tell us stories of things that did not go as planned during fieldwork. Maybe this led to an unexpected breakthrough or a lesson learned? Or it’s just a very entertaining story to tell family and friends afterwards? Share here cloud.egu.eu/apps/forms/s...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

BP quarterly profits up from $2.5bn to $5.73bn as Iran war sends oil prices soaring. Shell doubled its net profit to almost $10bn. High bills fuelling poverty and misery for households and businesses. Boon for execs and shareholders. Must levy 100% windfall tax on oil, gas, energy companies.

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BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring

Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on record

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 03/08/2026

Puppy Court is now in session!

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World Meteorological Organization @wmo-global.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Wildfires affect communities, ecosystems and the atmosphere worldwide. Driven by weather, climate and human factors, they threaten lives, worsen air quality through smoke pollution and contribute to climate impacts. What you need to know: wmo.int/themes/wildfires

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

They’re not messing about. If only US media had managed to be similarly united & determined in the face of Trump’s assaults on them…

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Oh. I need to travel between Hamburg and Stockholm in a few weeks, and I was looking forward to the sleeper train (such fun!). But apparently it's being discontinued two weeks before I travel, even though it's always full & really popular. Boooo! We need more sleeper trains, not fewer!

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 29/07/2026

The call for #session #proposals for the #EGU27 General Assembly is now open 🙌! Session proposals are welcome for both virtual and on-site participation at the EGU General Assembly, taking place from 4–9 April 2027 in Vienna, Austria. 📆: 23 September 2026. 👉 Submit here: www.egu27.eu

Image description: attendees during the #egu26 conference. Text reads:'' The call for session proposals for #EGU27 is now open! Submit by 23 September 2026!

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Lisa Wingate @lisawingate.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Please consider signing this petition👇 secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

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