Monthly Archives: October 2012

The Controversy on Mao’s Legacy, Friday 2 November: 12–13

The next event on the RNH calendar is a lecture which Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson is giving on the invitation of the Northern Light Confucius Institute at the University of Iceland Friday 2 November 2012 in Room 207 in the … Continue reading

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Douglas Rasmussen: “Each man an end in himself, not only a means”

Professor Douglas Rasmussen of St. John’s University in New York gave a lecture at the House of National Culture Friday 26 October, on the occasion of the publication of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged in an Icelandic translation by Elin Gudmundsdottir. This publication … Continue reading

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Hannes H. Gissurarson: “Against Pigovian Taxes”

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson gave a lecture at the University of Iceland 26 October 2012 on “What Political Economy Can Tell Us About Icelandic Money Smell”. This is the smell emitted by fish processing plants in fishing villages in Iceland. Professor Gissurarson … Continue reading

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Rasmussen on Ayn Rand, Friday 26 October: 5–6 pm

The next RNH event is a celebration of the publication of Ayn Rand’s influential and powerful novel, Atlas Shrugged, called “Undirstadan” in Icelandic. The book is published by Almenna bokafelagid, AB, and translated by Elin Gudmundsdottir, a professional translator. The … Continue reading

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Jan Arild Snoen: “Try to Understand the Americans”

Norwegian journalist Jan Arild Snoen gave a talk about the bias against America in European media at a meeting organised by RNH and IABF — the Icelandic-American Business Forum — at the University of Iceland 15 October 2012. Snoen pointed … Continue reading

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“Money Smell” in Iceland, Friday 26 October: 3–4.45 pm

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson gives a lecture Friday 26 October 2012 on “What Political Economy Can Tell Us About Money Smell”. The lecture is a part of a programme, The Nation in a Mirror, organised by the School of Social … Continue reading

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