Author Archives: HHG

Books Donation on Victims’ Memorial Day

In 2009 the European Parliament decided to make 23 August a special memorial day for victims of totalitarianism, nazism and communism. This day was chosen because on that very day in 1939 Hitler and Stalin had made the non-aggression pact … Continue reading

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“The Soft and Gentle Can Survive the Hard and Violent”

RNH’s Academic Director, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, gave four papers at Nordic conferences in August 2014. At the annual meeting of NOPSA, the Nordic Political Science Assocation, in Gothenburg in Sweden 12–15 August he discussed three topics. One of them … Continue reading

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Reception: New Book on Income Distribution and Taxes

A reception will be held at Litla torg (off the main University cafeteria and the University Bookshop) on the University of Iceland premises Thursday 21 August at 17–19. The occasion is the publication of the most recent book in the … Continue reading

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Four Papers in the Nordic Countries: August 2014

RNH’s Academic Director, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, gives four papers in Nordic conferences in August 2014. At the annual meeting of NOPSA, the Nordic Political Science Assocation, in Gothenburg in Sweden 12–15 August he discusses three topics. One of them … Continue reading

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Justice for Communist Victims

Still, old national socialists and their collaborators are occasionally being put on trial for atrocities committed before the 1945 collapse of national socialism. It is much rarer to hear of old communists and their fellow-travellers being charged with any crimes … Continue reading

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Lawson: the Evidence Supports Adam Smith

The evidence gathered in comprehensive measurements of economic freedom in more than 150 economies of the world and also of the relationship between economic freedom on the one hand and living standards and general human well-being on the other hand, … Continue reading

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