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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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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!

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danielleri @danielleri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I wrote it in here, but lol, here's the neon sign: I'm OPEN TO WORK. Anything involving writing or editing words, editing video, teaching (I've been teaching college since 2009), and hey, I'm an EMT and got my phlebotomy cert a couple years back. I'm versatile!

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Saraarrgh Clarke @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 03/09/2026

If you value your shit tier YA fantasy more than the human rights of trans people, I can't stop you, but I also think you're a prick. I'm not going to be convinced to give you special moral licence to be transphobic. What's to discuss?

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

@garywhitta.bsky.social Look I am sorry Gary... I just need the money! (I assume you backed at a level that got your name in the game! or a crazed fan did!)

A screen shot from the space game Elite:Dangerous. It shows a mission choice screen, the objective of the mission is to kill the notorious pirate "Garry Whitta"

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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

@knowledgefight.bsky.social sad to see the end of the pod. You have been a force for good over many years, you deserve all the plaudits and a good rest! I hope the best for both of you. Give Celine a cuddle!

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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

@remapradio.bsky.social fyi todays Remap Radio is a replay of the Titanium Court interview!

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Babybel Bandit @greblin.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

100,000 trans people & allies fill central London for Trans Pride. Mainstream media: nothing Thousands of trans people & allies fill Wembley Arena for pro-trans gig with massive names like Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Sugarbabes. Mainstream media: nothing. This is what extreme media bias looks like.

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So It Is Solutions @soitis.dev · 19/02/2026

Control Panel for YouTube v1.13.4 fixes new Auto +1/+2/+3 grid items per row options not working if certain other options are all off, fixes CSS from another extension breaking our new fixes for grid loading placeholders on desktop, and more... Release notes: github.com/insin/contro...

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Control Panel for YouTube

Browser extension which gives you more control over YouTube by adding missing options and UI improvements - for desktop and mobile browsers

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 27/02/2026

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

INTRODUCING!

Hannah Spencer

The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON

Green Party

Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Canada given #GB the finger there. #curling

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Clifton Lee @cliftonlee.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Nice people do not notice their country is fascist all at once... Ukranian poet Lyudmyla Khersonska.

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Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 15/12/2025

🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨 Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025! Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday. 🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...

Bracket showing the 32 names in the Worst Person in Tech 2025

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

First they ignore you. Then they attack you in the budget. Etc. Join.greenparty.org.uk

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So It Is Solutions @soitis.dev · 28/10/2025

In Control Panel for YouTube v1.20.1, the option to always use the original audio track for auto-dubbed videos now also works in Shorts on the desktop version of YouTube Release notes: github.com/insin/contro...

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Control Panel for YouTube

Browser extension which gives you more control over YouTube by adding missing options and UI improvements - for desktop and mobile browsers

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I'm still accepting testimonials from folks canceling Game Pass or trading in their Xbox over the BDS Boycott: ethan.gach@kotaku.com ethangach on Discord DMs open

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 26/09/2025

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

"How Do You Avoid Hitting People With Your Car" pocket guide. Instructs readers to Watch the Road and Slow Down. Further text humorously insists that watching the road and slowing down are indeed important.

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 12/09/2025

continued from the above. ⬆️ you don’t have to include a reason you’re requesting the post be removed, but when the account is a verified news source, maybe you should. here’s how!

this is where we were. we’re looking at the open who to report to menu. bluesky moderation services is called out.

once selected, you see a submit report option. above the big blue button at the bottom is a little blue link. it opens a text composition box.

enter some text explaining how the post is misleading. i entered “this reporting has since been debunked and wasn't well sourced to begin with and the post continues to endanger trans people's lives. it should be taken down.”

then tap that jolly blue button.

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Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

If the shooter had killed a leftist podcaster, he would have a multi million dollar Go Fund Me to cover his legal fees tomorrow, and an interview lined up with Charlie Kirk.

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

pretty much everyone else I've talked to that got suspended for saying "rest in piss" remains suspended. if you're dealing with a similar situation or bluesky moderation weirdness more generally (or if you know someone who is), hit me up: nathan@aftermath.site

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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Please join 600,000 others (and counting) that want some real change in UK politics. www.yourparty.uk

yourparty.uk

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We're building a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you. Sign up here...

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Laurens @laurenshof.online · 17/04/2025

After a court order by the Turkish government, Bluesky made accounts unavailable for Bluesky users in Turkey this week. I take a closer look at geographic-based moderation works on Bluesky and atproto, how it can be sidestepped, and much more fediversereport.com/bluesky-cens...

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Bluesky, censorship and country-based moderation

This week, Bluesky hid accounts in for users in Turkey after a government order. I take a closer look at government censorship and ATProto, how geographic moderation labelers work, and the impact on t...

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Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

We'd urge people not to panic - there will be lots of commentary coming out quickly that is likely to deliberately overstate the impact that this decision is going to have on all trans people's lives. We'll say more as soon as we're able to. Please look out for yourselves and each other today 💗🏳️‍⚧️

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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Duck duck go 'sometimes' polluting my search results with AI junk is not a great look (or defaulting on whatever the 'chat' thing is). It worries me that the last(?) hope for good search on the internet is flirting with enshitification. #duckduckgo #JustSayNoToAI i.imgur.com/1l2TyNY.png

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

y'all ever see a take so bad you are forced to immediately go to sleep?

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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there is no future prospect of any, that the UK has changed its mind and that this should be recognised.

petition.parliament.uk

Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible

I believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there ...

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 06/05/2024

feeling unsafe | patreon.com/lubchansky

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 25/02/2024

Have you ever wanted to start editing Wikipedia, but got overwhelmed or felt like you didn't know where to start? Every time I encourage people to start editing, I hear that, so I'm trying to help. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRRH...

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Become a Wikipedian in 30 minutes

Have you ever wanted to learn to edit Wikipedia, but got overwhelmed? This video will help you get started contributing to one of the best projects on the we...

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 07/11/2023

Hi! Welcome to Aftermath. We are a new worker-owned, reader-supported website about games, internet culture and beyond. aftermath.site/welcome-to-a...

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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

awful www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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