13 Nov 2024
World War III can wait
On October 7, 2023, the deadliest pogrom since World War II was carried out. Over 1,400 Israelis were killed, and more than 200 were kidnapped in Hamas’s horrific attack on young festival-goers and local villagers near the border with Gaza. This sparked Israel’s actions to eliminate the Hamas threat and to free hostages.
16 Oct 2024
Borg excels
During Easter 2003, Anders Borg and I spent time with our families in a cabin in the mountains. Just six months earlier, we had started working for the Moderate Party – Anders as chief economist and head of the parliamentary office, and I as party secretary, i.e., the “CEO” of the party organization.
4 Sept 2023
Digitalization of Healthcare
I will admit that I am a huge Star Trek fan. Star Trek, which premiered on TV in 1966, the same year I was born, follows the same pattern as Greek drama: the struggle between good and evil, the small heroes against the great unknown, morality and justice prevailing over chaos.
27 Feb 2023
Opportunities in the Middle East
The Middle East is a region that most of us have associated with oil, civil wars, unrest, religious extremism, backward leaders, and general chaos over the years, occasionally spiced up with images from Dubai's shopping malls and luxury hotels. The developments of the last decade, largely unnoticed in the West, mean that this picture must be reassessed.
9 Jan 2023
More Swedish Unicorns with Norwegian Capital
The best news of the year came early this year. Last Saturday, news broke that Norges Bank Investment Management, more commonly known as the "Norwegian Oil Fund", through its CEO Nicolas Tangen and Central Bank Governor Ida Wolden Bache, applied to the Norwegian Ministry of Finance to seek a mandate to invest in unlisted equities.
