The visual representation of my analysis of Norway\'s oil industry which I presented at Mills Social Sciences Conference in 2009. This was an excellent opportunity to educate the Mills community on the world\'s most strategic commodity: oil. Norway is worthy of careful examination in part because of their unique positive correlation between the discovery of oil and the improvement of women\'s rights.
8. Norway Timeline Settled by Germanic people Sweden leaves union 1913: Women’s Suffrage Oil Discovered 700 - 800 1521 1905 1958 1960s 1319 2005 United with Denmark & Sweden Norway becomes a country Ranked #3 Quality of Life Index Equal Pay Act Passed
9. Women’s Rights in Norway No. 1 World 1913 Suffrage 1958 Equal Pay Act 2007 Female Majority in Storting
10. The Economy in Norway Mixed Welfare Capitalism Nationalized Industries Differentiated & Stable
11. Oil: Discovery, Production, & Export Discovered Offshore Limited Exploration/ Production Nationalized Buyers: UK, USA, Netherlands, France, Germany
12. Impact of Oil on Norwegian Society Standard of Living Sovereign Wealth Fund First World Problems
13. Lessons Learned “Norwegian oil policy has been characterized by clarity, consistency, and continuity, as well as by a certain degree of boldness in relation to the international oil industry” - ØysteinNoreng
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Comparison Facts:Bay Area’s Population = 6 millionUSA Corruption Index = 17thUSA GDP per capita = 45,000USA Government = Democratic Republic*Highest standards of living in the world.