I stumpled upon an article today that was an interview between Jerry Guo from Newsweek and the primeminister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg. The focus of the interview was of course how he ran his country from his IPAD, while stranded in New York because of the volcano eruption also recently in the news. What was the secret leadership tactics that he used to grow Norway's economy by 2.2% when the rest of the world's economies were dwindling? He dropped the interest rate to rediculous rate, cut pensions 3%, and had stiff bank regulation already in place. He also exposed another secret, purchasing stalks when their price plummeted after the economic crash. He said that they have a long term investment approach. If you want to view the article, click here.
We need to send all of our government on a field trip to Norway to study this guy. He is the only political leader who avoided the global meltdown mess. Not only that, he doesn't talk as greedy as most politicians and businessmen here in the US. Having a long term perspective is probably his biggest secret, a perspective the we need in a country that is searching for quick fixes that might not work anyways.
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