BTN NORWEGIAN POLITICS 2004 HEADLINES ONLY

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N206	Sunday, 19 December, 2004 Voodoo Works	Statistics Norway: Growth Pushes Labour Supply New Dynamic Models Show Astounding Results Flat Tax Would Close State's Income Gap Stoltenberg May Regret Voodoo Statement on Tax Much Higher Labour Supply Effects From Proposed Pension Reform Always Room For Tax Cuts in Next Couple of Decades
N205	Thursday, 16 December Emergency Brake	Government Submits Pension Reform to Parliament Labour Coming Close, But Includes Emergency Brake
N204	Tuesday, 30 November, 2004 Modernized Growth Theory	The MoF Modernizes Its Growth Theory Recognizes Innovation in Firms, Cluster Theory Still No Integration With Business Cycle Theory
N203	Monday, 29 November, 2004 Scary Perspectives	Parliament Report on Perspectives Shows Dramatic State Income Gap Tax Increases Will Hurt Tax Foundation Higher Lifetime Work Effort Required Pension Reform of Vital Importance
N202	Monday, 15 November, 2004 Progress Party in Centrist Mode	Budget Deal With Progress Party No Extra Use of "Oil Money" Changes With Centrist Profile Sacrifice Or Shrewd Tactics? Clear Socialist/Non-Socialist Difference Labour's Net Tax Increase In Practice More Than NOK 5 bn No Red-Green Budget Cooperation
N201	Friday, 5 November, 2004 Betrayal	Progress Party Presents Alternate Budget Betrays Voters and Partners on Top Tax Wants to Spend NOK 25 Bn More "Oil Money" Negotiations With Government Side Started "International Budget" Should Be Considered Closely
N200	Monday, 25 October, 2004 Bridge Builders II	Prescott Includes Company Based Knowledge Capital/Rent in Models Evidence of Endogenous Knowledge Creation In Solution to Old Puzzle Verifies Kon-Kraft Report's Petroleum Tax Theory, Not the MoF's Confirms Intangible Capital as Large Component of US Stock Value Advocates Low Taxation of Human Capital
N199	Friday, 22 October, 2004 Bridge Builders I	Kydland, Prescott Awarded Nobel Prize in Economics Rational Expectations Dismantle Keynesian Counter-Cyclical Policies Bridging Macro, Micro Economics Business Cycle Theory Integrated With Growth Theory Business Cycles 70% Due to Beneficial Technology Shocks Major Interfaces to Institution and Innovation Theory What Lessons Can Be Learned For Norway?
N198	Thursday, 7 October, 2004 Stoltenberg's Mantra	Budget Proposal Submitted to Parliament Reduced Top Tax, Capital Tax, Tax On Lower Incomes Removal of Imputed Tax on Homes VAT Up 1% to 25% Red-Greens: Reverse Robin Hood Progress Party: Tough Negotiations Deal With Progress Party Most Likely
N197	Tuesday, 5 October, 2004 Alliances	Hagen Calls for Non-Socialist Cease-Fire Will Go Far to Make Budget Deal Open Two-Tier Processes Vs Majority Government Stoltenberg: Labour Could Take Government Alone Bondevik Learns to Connect Tax Cuts to Growth
N196	Thursday, 23 September Solidarity or Loot?	LO Leaders Demand More Tax Stoltenberg: Not More, Not Less What Power Does LO Hold Over Labour? Is Labour's Relationship to LO a Democratic Problem? LO Running Away From Pension Reform Oil Money for Consumption or Conversion to Real and Knowledge Capital?
N195	Friday, 10 September, 2004 Just Ends and Evil Means	The Ethical Dilemmas of the War Against Terrorism How Can Countries Like Norway Provide Moral Leadership?
N194	Monday, 30 August, 2004 Wild Fire	Who Should Own Norwegian Industry? Privatise State's Financial Capital Quicker Than Equity Capital Transaction Economy Encouraged When Knowledge Capital Isn't Seen
N193	Monday, 23 August, 2004 A Red Danger for the Not So Red	Red-Greens Lose Majority on Survey Labour Loses, Centre Party Eliminated Numbers Will Change, But Create Doubts and Fears Centre Participation More Uncertain Red-Greens Won't Coordinate Budgets
N192	Wednesday, 18 August, 2004 Soap	Liberal Leader Defines Pain Limit for Both Centrist Parties Increasing Christian Unrest About Coalition Tax Fronts Hardening In Front of Budget Open Coalition Conflict on Liqueur Taxes Labour Indicates Early Gas Power Battle Low Participation in Election Likely Unless Boat Is Rocked
N191	Saturday, 7 August, 2004 Delusions, Evasions and Contradictions	Gas to Industrial Regions in Red Without Power Plants LNG Sea Routes May be Within Reach Government Steadfast on No New Plants Without Sequestration Shadow Game on Sequestration Schedule Green Certificates: Boon or Disaster? Will Certificates Kill Sequestration? Kerry Drops Kyoto
N190	Friday, 25 June, 2004 Capitalists Lacking	Expert Group Says Norway Doesn't Lack Capital Advises Against New State Funds Accepts Market Failure For Venture Capital Recognizes Cluster Effects, But Says Clusters Can Take Care of Themselves Weak Arguments Against Shipping Tax Problem is Lack of Capitalists Creativity Deterred By Fear of Rent-Seekers and Political Opportunism
N189	Tuesday, 22 June, 2004 Restart	No Majority for Any Tax Reform Majority for New Capital Returns Tax, But Not the Context Game Restarts After Election
N188	Monday, 21 June, 2004 Finally a Growth Lobby?	Børge Brende (Con) From Environment to Industry Christian Leader to New Labour & Social Affairs Ministry Christian Wonderboy Takes Over Environment Conservative to Head New Modernisation Ministry
N187	Thursday, 6 May, 2004 Fiscal Nonsense	Nonsensical Attacks on Government's Tax Policy Are Tax Cuts Kind Gifts from the State?
N186	Sunday, 2 May, 2004 Siv Jensen's Challenge	Progress Party Wants to Team Up With Conservatives Populism Claims New Libertarian Victim Will Jensen Solve the Dilemma Hagen Can't? Røkke: Top Tax Unfair Tax on Valuable Competence
N185	Monday, 19 April, 2004 Improving Financial Governance	Willoch: Parliamentarism Eroded; Too Much Populism Dangerously Poor Financial Governance Multiple Political Dimensions Complicate Further No Easy Generic Solution Broader Majority Coalitions the Best Non-Solution Circular Arguments and Convenience Current Barriers for Majority Government
N184	Tuesday, 13 April, 2004 Reality Wins	Shipping Tax to be Aligned With the EU Important Victory for Industry, but not Done Deal Yet Implementation in 2005 Budget Government Accepts Innovation Theory for Shipping MoF Abdicates - in Silent Protest?
N183	Saturday, 27 March, 2004 Ferreting Out Knowledge Rent	Tax Principles as Expected Major Uncertainty About Implementation New Capital Returns Tax Only Done Deal No Escape From 48% Tax on Knowledge Rent for Humans
N182	Friday, 12 March, 2004 Blackmail With a Prayer	Tax Reform Highlights Leaked Reduced Capital Tax, Top Tax New Tax on Dividends Received by Persons Removal of Home Income Tax Higher Local Estate Tax Implementation Over Several Years Christians Starting Political Blackmail Christians' Thwarted Reality Perception Major Danger
N181	Monday, 26 January, 2004 Watershed Ahead	Tax Proposals Due in March Foss Now Very Clear on Tax Cuts Priority to Top Tax and Capital Tax New Christian Leader Sounds Promising on Tax Labour Leader: Not a Single NOK of Tax Cuts Can Foss Emerge as Taxpayers' and Value Creators' Hero?
N180	Friday, 16 January, 2004 The Truth is Deep Down	Pension Commission Submits Report Cuts 14% in 2050 Pension Expenditure Work Incentives Assumed to Enhance Revenues by 6% Middle-of-the-Road-Solution for New Fund Non-Socialists Want Individually Funded Element Petroleum Fund Into Pension Fund; Name Change Only Necessary Tax Hike Carefully Hidden Away Lack of Innovation Theory May Be Leading Us the Wrong Way
N179	Thursday, 1 January, 2004 Encouraging Hints	PM Mentions Guaranteed Minimum Pension Finance Minister Gives Priority to Capital Tax & Top Tax
N178	Thursday, 1 January, 2004 Have a Richer New Year!	Have We Reached Optimal Affluence?