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Gissurarson: Conflict Between Groups, Not Man and Nature

A distinction has to be made between wise-use environmentalism and ecofundamentalism, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, RNH Academic Director, argued in a paper on green capitalism at the conference Weekend Capitalism in Warsaw 23–24 November 2019. Wise-use environmentalists want to utilise … Continue reading

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European Parliament Endorses Platform

RNH is a member of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience which seeks to keep alive the memory of the victims of totalitarianism, communism and Nazism. RNH Academic Director Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson has given lectures at Platform conferences … Continue reading

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Conference 14 June in Honour of Professor Arnason

The School of Social Sciences at the University of Iceland, RNH and some other entities hold an international conference under the title ‘Offshore Fisheries of the World: Towards a Sustainable and Profitable System’, in honour of Ragnar Arnason, Iceland’s first … Continue reading

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Conference on Paradise Island

APEE, Association of Private Enterprise Education, holds its annual conference at Atlantis Hotel on Paradise Island in the Bahamas 5–8 April 2019. The extensive programme includes keynote papers by Professor Mario Rizzo, New York University, on rationality and economic analysis, … Continue reading

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Totalitarianism in Europe: Three Case Studies

RNH Academic Director, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, reads a paper at a meeting of the Institute of Public Administration and Politics at the University of Iceland Thursday 26 April at 17. The meeting takes place in Haskolatorg, Room 101 (Ingjaldsstofa), … Continue reading

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Paper in Las Vegas on Icelandic Bank Collapse

RNH Academic Director, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, reads a paper on the Icelandic bank collapse in a session on money and banking at the annual conference of APEE, Association of Private Enterprise Education, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas 1–5 … Continue reading

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