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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen

@paalhal.bsky.social
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Associate prof, Library and information science, OsloMet. New book out in May: «Litterært landssvik». Interested in social theory, digital media and culture, taste, sociology of literature and WW2. Former chair of the Norwegian Sociological Association

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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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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Historian here. Let me explain how in the past far-right parties in Germany have caused problems not only for their own country, but for other countries as well: (1/?)
Far-right AfD wins historic victory in German state
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The explicit plan of many intellectuals on the German far right is not to attack the constitution head on, but to culturally redefine key concepts of democracy, pluralism and rights so that its ethno-nationalist agenda is viewed as common sense.
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Vagant @vagant1988.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Hva skjer med kulturen hvis den ikke har kunstnerisk innovasjon som motor? Vi får fortsatt nyprodusert innhold, men det er først og fremst laget for underholdning, profitt eller politikk, sier W. David Marx i dette intervjuet.
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2000-tallets kulturhistorie
Hvorfor kjennes kulturen så ensformig? Det skyldes mer enn kapitalisme og algoritmer, mener den amerikanske kulturkritikeren W. David Marx.
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Oslo, 13. juli 2026 ❤️
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András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The Hungarian public broadcaster is showing this message now, after its news service was temporarily shut down: "Public broadcasters must not lie. We apologize for having done so for years. The public broadcaster will undergo changes to make its news service independent and credible."
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Sommerdebatten 2026: kultursosiologien er truet av å ha blitt konvensjonell. Det er ikke Iver Neumann den beste til å kontre, argumenterer jeg(!)
morgenbladet.no
(+) Er kultursosiologen en truet art?
Det brygger opp til sommerdebatt om kultursosiologiens mulige forsvinningsnummer.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
As an American history professor, I regularly read new books, articles, and dissertations, and also evaluate unpublished manuscripts for journals and book publishers. I would not categorize the recent and emerging historiography in the binary way that Ezra Klein does.
There has been a severing of American history into two visions: one that can only see glory and one that can only see suffering and sin.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The beautiful game
Pele receiving an large bag of money with a dollar sign on it before a match on the Simpsons.
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I actually stayed up to watch the Norway-Brazil match, my first of the World Cup. While everyone is going on about Braut Haaland (yes, his goals were great), the show was really all Nyland who made absolutely amazing saves. It was Nyland’s game. 🇳🇴
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I avisen i dag, om forfatterne som ble etterforska i Landssvikoppgjøret og hva det kan lære oss: klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...
klassekampen.no
Fascistiske forfattere
Forventer vi for mye av forfattere og intellektuelles kulturelle motstandskraft?
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Glad for Hungarians today🇭🇺, who get to experience political change which has been a long time coming! The Hungarians show that they no longer will be adressed by, or conceived as part of a gang of right wing actors, Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others.
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
⚡️New publication⚡️ «The House Before the Dark Set in. Norwegian Writers’ Constructions of Reality in Five Novels, 1930–1940» In this I analyze five novels to understand different relationships between politics and literature in the time of 1930s culture wars www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
degruyterbrill.com
9 The House Before the Dark Set in. Norwegian Writers’ Constructions of Reality in Five Novels, 1930–1940RealityNovel
9 The House Before the Dark Set in. Norwegian Writers’ Constructions of Reality in Five Novels, 1930–1940RealityNovel was published in Reality in Our Times on page 211.
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Føredrag i saftbygda, på HVL, i dag!
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🚫🇷🇺 Hungarian protesters chanted “Russians go home!” (Ruszkik haza) at Viktor Orbán during a campaign rally, hours after we revealed his foreign minister conspired behind allies' back and even shared EU documents with Sergey Lavrov. The chant echoes the main slogan of the 1956 uprising.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
“I’m always at your service”: leaked calls between the foreign ministers of Russia and Hungary. Recordings of conversations between Russian FM Sergey Lavrov and Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó suggest the Hungarian minister was willing to advance Moscow’s interests within the EU.
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Important read for anyone curious about the upcoming Hungarian election!
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Monika Krause recently gave the NSA annual lecture in social theory, and an accompanying lecture titled "Theorizing from cases," integrating insights from "Model cases" book with "Theorizing from neglected cases." The latter was recorded and can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U12G...
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Monika Krause: Theorizing from Cases
YouTube video by Norwegian Microsociological Network
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone
Post from Andrew A.N. Deloucas
@aandeloucas.com:

In line with discussion about the job market, the latest majors being closed at Syracuse University:

Nine majors "sunsetting":
• Classical civilization
• Classics (Greek and Latin)
• Digital humanities
• Fine arts
• German
• Latino-Latin American studies
• Middle Eastern studies
• Modern Jewish studies
• Russian
ALTThe First University in the Nation to Build a Center Dedicated to the Creator Economy
Syracuse University is creating something that doesn't exist anywhere else in higher education.
The Center for the Creator Economy is the first academic center of its kind on a U.S. college campus. Led jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin).
Whitman School of Management, the center reinforces Syracuse University's commitment to bold, forward-looking academic leadership.
By aligning strengths in entrepreneurship, media, communications, athletics and digital infrastructure, the University is charting how higher education can prepare students for the 21st-century economy.
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
In recognition of Jürgen Habermas’s great significance for sociology, we have, on the occasion of his passing, made this insightful interview with Habermas by Torben Hviid Nielsen, freely available for you to (re)visit his profound ideas on ‘Morality, Society and Ethics'. doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
[???] "tends to use sociological sledgehammers to crack rather thin-shelled cultural nuts." Peter Burke wrote in a review about which sociologist?
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Siden jeg har en hang til å like emoene, la meg si det slik: hvem skal kritisere kritikerne? Først gir de årets kritiker til Bulie og så til JEV. Hvor selvgratulerende, trygg og lite raus er det mulig å bli? Hadde jeg vært kritiker i dagspressa hadde jeg tatt det som en fornærmelse
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
nnkm.no/adelsteen-no...
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Impresjonisten fra nord - Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
You’ve all heard about Bodø/Glimt, but the city has also finally gotten its own art museum! Great exhibition with Adelsten Normannn there now - go see it! As always: Don’t trust Mona Pahle Bjerke!
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filiproshauw.bsky.social @filiproshauw.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Kanskje det å være god på å rydde opp etter nasjonale skandaler kan bli vårt nye oppblåste selvbilde!
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Looking forward to welcoming Les Back at our national sociology conference this weekend! “Conflict and resistance” turned out even more topical than we imagined when we started organizing, unfortunately in many respect’s.
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
AI Slop Matters, but in what way?
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Discussed this movie yesterday with Jan Grue, an astonishing movie in many regards! Do you have suggestions for further movie to show as a part of Sociolpgical screenings? Hit me!
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Upcoming Tuesday at Vega cinema in Oslo I’ll discuss Peter Greenaways The Cook, The Theif, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) with Jan Grue after the screening. Come for a stunning movie, stay for the striking parallels to today’s political climate
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Tiktok 🇺🇸 turns out to be Trump aligned state platform. In no time. www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...
independent.co.uk
TikTok users in the US can’t write ‘Epstein’ or see anti-Trump videos
Alleged censorship comes after investors loyal to Trump take over social media platform
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Last week we started with deep reading seminars at OsloMet, also known as “shut up and read”. 50 students showed up to read Jacques Ferrandez’ graphic novel version of Camus’ The stranger in its full length. Next up in February: Kamel Daoud’s The Mersault Case. Exited to follow the «experiment»!
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 13/01/2026
A spokesperson for T&F said “Researchers should be free to communicate their work in the journal that best suits their research, and proposing to cap [open access] funding threatens that freedom to publish." Bold move to set prices high and then complain about freedom when people can't pay.
the-scientist.com
Rising Publication Costs Strain Researchers
Open access publishing has led to researchers paying thousands of dollars to publish their work, limiting funds for research and leaving scientists with hard choices.
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
«We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.» 👏👏👏
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
3. Krasznahorkai covers, third: Norway. The best or am I completely blind?
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
2. Krasznahorkai covers, second: Sweden. What on earth are you doing?!
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
1. Krasznahorkai covers, first: Denmark, nice, pretty close to the English paperbacks
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
💥 Viktor Orbán faces a possible ousting in April 2026 — and whether he manages to cling to power or not, his regime and its global allure as a model for autocrats worldwide are crumbling. Read the sharpest analysis available.
vsquare.org
The Era of Orbánism as an Exportable Model May Be Ending - VSquare.org
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s once-admired “illiberal model” is faltering — plagued by economic crisis, voter frustration, and collapsing governance. With the 2026 election looming, his future — and the global appeal of his system — is at stake as his government faces its biggest political test.
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Trist leder av Mari Skurdal i dag. Bernhard Ellefsen har forsøkt å tenke originalt og konstruktivt om norsk kulturpolitikk og blir møtt med det korte og slappe “tilsvaret”. Hvilke prioriteringer vil Skurdal gjøre for å gjenreise kulturpolitikken?
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
It’s going to be an interest in election last year
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
📸 There's a story behind this breathtaking shot of Hungary’s opposition rally marking the 1956 revolution: Orbán’s government banned drones to try conceal the crowd’s size. Yet a passenger on a landing plane caught the scene in Budapest from above — the photo hit Reddit and went viral instantly.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
“Understand a people’s culture exposes their normalness without reducing their particularity.” Clifford Geertz
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I’m happy to see the awful Venezuelan regime being criticized but if “this is an award for an entire movement” (as the committee said), why give it to one specific person? And one with dubious friends and positions? Nobel Prize has been given to groups and movements before. Peace offer to Trump?
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Krasznahorkai!!!! Great award, most deserved!! telex.hu/kult/2025/10...
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Krasznahorkai László kapta az irodalmi Nobel-díjat
Az indokolás szerint látnoki erejű műveiért részesült az elismerésben, amelyek az apokaliptikus terror közepette is képesek megerősíteni a művészet erejét. Kertész Imre 2002-es sikere után nyerte újra...
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Oh no, may I no longer use the em dash? Afraid I’ve been sending wrong signals for a while now: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/m...
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With the Em Dash, A.I. Embraces a Fading Tradition
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Nicole DeWitt @catastro-v.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
i love ta-nehisi coates so much
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Allison Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Today translators, tomorrow... We need to prioritize human-to-human connection. “The more we remove human elements from human interaction, the more it could distort relationships between people. Now more than ever, we need humans connecting with humans.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Victor Shammas @victorshammas.com · 09/09/2025
The dangers of AI slop: “AI content can push our emotional buttons easily, re-affirming or amplifying existing beliefs with generated imagery. Practically every social media study since 2012 has found that the secret to virality is in making you emotional . . . .”
theguardian.com
No, that wasn’t Angela Rayner dancing and rapping: you’ll need to understand AI slopaganda | Marcus Beard
The qualms about using AI imagery and deepfakes in politics are breaking down. It will soon just be part of the political language we all use, says digital, disinformation and AI specialist Marcus Bea...
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Spurt i 2009 om Ungarere lever under bedre, verre eller samme forhold som under kommunismen, oppga 72 prosent verre forhold. Selv russerne har et mer positivt syn på regimeendringene etter 1990 enn ungarerne. Les min bokanmeldelse av Tibor Valuchs nye bok (2025) tidsskriftet-nof.no/index.php/no...
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Contemporary Hungarian Society. Social Changes in Hungary from Late State Socialism | Nordisk Østforum
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
this is one of the things where they’re clearly doing it to trigger the libs, but the triggering thing is “the government should be allowed to kill people for no reason”, and if you’re not gonna ‘take the bait’ on that, why even have a politics?
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