The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists

Are They Worthy?
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KRISTIN HALVORSEN

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AGE: 47
OCCUPATION: Finance Minister of Norway
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: As manager and chief architect of Norway's powerful Sovereign Wealth Fund, the socialist Halvorsen exercised Norway's moral outrage by pulling investments out of Wal-Mart and other big companies, like Boeing and Lockheed Martin, for perceived ethical failings.

CON: Stateside critics have accused her of unfairly singling out American companies.

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