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25 October 2013, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson read a paper at a seminar on the 2008 Icelandic bank collapse, a part of the annual conference “The Mirror of the Nation” where social scientists at the University of Iceland present their … Continue reading →

Ragnar Arnason, Professor of Fisheries Economics at the University of Iceland, criticized the call for a special tax or resource charge in fisheries at an international conference on the quota system and resource rent taxes, in the memorial hall of … Continue reading →

Margaret Thatcher was, with Winston Churchill, the only world-historical political figure which came out of the United Kingdom in the 20th Century, British writer John O’Sullivan said to a meeting endorsed by RNH, but held by the Young Independents in … Continue reading →

In the well-attended international conference on the Icelandic bank collapse 7 October 2013, five years on, Dr. Eamonn Butler of the Adam Smith Institute, London, stressed that misguided government intervention, not least subprime loans in America and the soft monetary … Continue reading →

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, a member of RNH’s Academic Council, gave a lecture on the 2008 Icelandic bank collapse at the Freedom Summit of European Young Conservatives in Cambridge 22 September 2013. Gissurarson agreed with one of the main conclusions … Continue reading →

Matthew Elliott, who founded the British Taxpayers’ Alliance, gave a talk at a well-attended meeting of RNH and the Icelandic Taxpayers’ Alliance Friday 20 September 2013. The author of several books critical of oppressive taxes and the waste of taxpayers’ … Continue reading →