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Is there large wealth inequality in Norway? That is one of the studies this article references.


No. But the relative inequality is increasing.[0]

0. https://www.tnp.no/norway/economy/poverty-income-inequality-...


This is due almost fully to immigration [0]. In the IQ study, immigrants were excluded. So no, that hypothesis does not make sense.

Norway has been able to (due to oil revenues) avoid the (non-imported) increased inequality that has affected most other western countries over the last decades.

[0] https://www.faktisk.no/faktasjekker/ZoD/innvandring-er-den-k...




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