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New and Interesting Book from AB

RNH works with, and supports the publishing house AB, Almenna bokafelagid. In mid-March AB published a book by a young historian, Stefan Gunnar Sveinsson, on the street riots of 2008–2009 in Iceland. The book is called Busahaldabyltingin: sjalfsprottin eda skipulogd … Continue reading

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Booth: Regulation the Problem, Not the Solution

In a lecture at the University of Iceland 13 March 2013, sponsored by the School of Business at the University of Iceland, and by RNH, Professor Philip Booth of Cass Business School and the London IEA discussed the causes of … Continue reading

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H. H. Gissurarson: Reports of Capitalism’s Demise Exaggerated

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, a member of the RNH Academic Council, gave a paper in the Hall of Ceremonies at the University of Iceland 19 February 2013, called “Liberty, Crisis and Capitalism”. He said that recent reports of the demise … Continue reading

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Personal Recollections of Four Modern Masters

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, member of the RNH Academic Council, gave a talk at a meeting of the Association of Retired University of Iceland Employees 13 February 2013. The title was “Personal Recollections of Four Modern Masters”. There, Professor Gissurarson … Continue reading

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Lively Discussion on the New Swedish Model

Dr. Nils Karlson, director of Ratio Institute in Stockholm, lectured on the New Swedish Model at a well-attended meeting organised by RNH and the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, Monday 14 January 2013. Ms. Alyson Bailes, … Continue reading

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Rand’s Novels Generate Interest

Atlas Shrugged or Undirstadan in Icelandic was published in Elin Gudmundsdottir’s translation by Almenna bokafelagid, AB, 26 November 2012. It is the second Rand novel that AB has published. The first one was The Fountainhead or Uppsprettan which Thorsteinn Sigurlaugsson … Continue reading

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