A fair societal development requires continued growth and welfare – within the framework of climate goals and nature's tolerance limits.
The industrial leader and billionaire Trond Mohn owned 49% of the shares until 2021[5] and contributed significantly in the early years of the think tank.
The think tank's stated aim is to develop policies and analyses for center-left politics in Norway (or social democracy, according to Aftenposten).
The focus of the research activities includes inequality, welfare economics, distribution, working life, and international politics.
In front of a full audience at the University Aula, Piketty gave a lecture on his book Capital in the Twenty-First Century.