He received national media attention when he was made General Manager of the Fafo foundation.
He is the younger brother of Ivar Hippe, a political consultant and former editor-in-chief of Økonomisk Rapport.
degree in political science and economics[1][4] as well as a Ph.D. on the relationship between public and private welfare arrangements.
In the report they asserted that the only way to reduce the gap between rich and poor in Norway was with higher taxes.
[1] In mid-2009, Hippe was hand-picked by finance minister Kristin Halvorsen to become the leader of the Financial Crisis Committee.