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- Number 2 and 129
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Food retail "baron" Odd Reitan (right) is second on Norway's rich-list with a fortune worth 44.5bn kroner, while property magnate Olav Thon (left) is number 129 with his 2.4bn fortune.
- Could inequalities topple the government?
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The way in which the Norwegian political opposition has used the new figures from Statistics Norway could indicate that they wish to turn growing inequalities into a central election theme when Norwegians go to the polls next autumn.
Similar criticism also emerged in the wake of the Norwegian government's inequality report, which was published in the spring of 2019. This too showed that inequalities are growing in Norway. Income inequality is something that engages Norwegian voters, according to the 2018 OSCE report Risks That Matter.
In it, nearly 70% of Norwegians answered yes or definitely yes to the question "Should the government tax the rich more than they currently do in order to support the poor?"
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