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Gissurarson: Economic Institutions Crucial

The argument for individual freedom is greatly strengthened by various data and statistics available on the internet, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson said in a lecture at a conference on “Liberty in the Information Age” in Curitiba in Brazil 31 May … Continue reading

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Gissurarson: Internet Resources Supporting Freedom

The internet is a veritable fountain of intellectual resources, data and information, supporting individual freedom. This is what Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson argued in a lecture at a conference in Porto Alegre 25 May 2014, organised by the Brazilian Students … Continue reading

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RNH Receives Freedom Prize

RNH has received the Kjartan Gunnarsson Freedom Prize for 2014, awarded by the Board of the Young Independents, SUS. The Prize is given annually to one institution and to one individual for their services to individual freedom. RNH received the … Continue reading

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Grossman Visits RNH

Dan Grossman, chairman of the board of Atlas Network and member of the board of Students for Liberty, briefly visited Iceland on 11–12 May 2014. He had a luncheon meeting with Gisli Hauksson, chairman of RNH’s board, and a few … Continue reading

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Gissurarson: Bank Collapse Not Caused by “Neoliberalism”

Some left-wing commentators assert that the 2008 Icelandic bank collapse was caused by a failed attempt in the preceding years to implement “neoliberalism” in Iceland. Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson rejected that explanation in a lecture at the annual meeting of … Continue reading

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Heisbourg: European Dream Becoming Nightmare

The European dream is turning into a nightmare because of the great mistake of adopting the same currency, the euro, in most of the European Union, even if many member states were totally unprepared for it. This was the conclusion … Continue reading

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