George Plimpton
What an absurd proposition! So, Norway supposedly paid $57.53 in
average wages and benefits to its manufacturing sector workers, while
the US paid just $34.74. However, manufacturing as a percentage of the
Norwegian economy is less than 10% of GDP, while in the US it's about
14%. ..

You can always count on leftists to try to lie with statistics.

Norway is #1 because they do a couple things right:
1) Drill for oil
2) Keep immigrants out

But if you asked a Norwegian, he would probably say it is because they have circle jerk meeting about global warming and tolerance.