Author Archives: HHG

Autumn 2014: Many Upcoming Events

Posted on 10.09.14

Many exciting events are coming up at RNH in the autumn of 2014. At a seminar on “Taxes and Income Distribution” Friday 24 October, 4 pm, in the meeting room of finance company Gamma, Gardastraeti 37, Professor Corbett Grainger of the … Continue reading →

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Emerging Asia and the Future of Liberty

Posted on 07.09.14

The emerging Asia of the last thirty years was the main topic discussed at the 2014 general meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society in Hong Kong 31 August to 5 September. Hundreds of millions of Asian people have migrated from … Continue reading →

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Three from RNH at Mont Pèlerin Society Meeting

Posted on 28.08.14

Three people from RNH will attend the general meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society in Hong Kong 31 August–5 September 2014, Gisli Hauksson, Chairman of the Board, Jonas Sigurgeirsson, RNH Executive Director, and Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, the RNH Academic … Continue reading →

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Books Donation on Victims’ Memorial Day

Posted on 25.08.14

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”

Posted on 21.08.14

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

Posted on 18.08.14

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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