28.03.2013 - My turn: Norwegian oil wealth
How has Norway managed to create a fund, called the Norwegian Government Pension Fund now containing about $654 billion (as of September 2012) while Alaska’s Permanent Fund only contains about $42 billion (as of August 2012)? I know the federal government’s share of the Alaskan oil revenue pie, and the Alaska budget reserve fund (among other revenue receiving destinations) need to be factored in to begin to make an apples to apples comparison of these funds, but how can the roughly $600 billion difference be accounted for?..............................................Full Article: Source
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