Finns have good schools, public transport, and the difference between the highest- and lowest-paid is quite small. These are factors in high levels of happiness.
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The two biggest states have jointly committed to a huge investment in early childhood education and learning over the next decade. But delivering high-quality universal preschool access won’t be easy.
Greenland and Denmark have a complicated history, but the connection runs deeper than economic convenience.
Specialist teachers and hours of compulsory physical education a week are keeping Nordic school children moving. When it comes to physical activity, Australia could do better.
EU migrant households are actually a net benefit on the public purse in much of Europe.
Other countries seem happy to pay more tax than we do, and they are among the world’s top performers.
We assume that people in Nordic countries have a better standard of mental health than anywhere else, but that assumption is based on a limited way of measuring it.
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A podcast all about nothing. From the importance of doing nothing to the ill-effects of time spent in solitary confinement and what nothing means in space.
The state plays a strategic role, but they are also driven by financial markets – not central plans.
Donald Trump wants the US to take more immigrants from ‘countries like Norway’. But how do ‘countries like Norway’ treat their own immigrants?
Pedal to the office and your risk of an early death drop by over 40%.
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