Monthly Archives: October 2013

Self-Love in Rand: Friday 1 November 17.15–19

Ayn Rand is one of the most popular and influential writers of all times. Her books have sold worldwide in more than 30 million copies. AB Publishing Company having published two of her best-known novels in 2011 and 2012, now … Continue reading

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Is a Special Tax on Fisheries Constitutional? Tuesday 29 October 16–17

Two distinguished lawyers, Jon Steinar Gunnlaugsson, former Supreme Court Judge, and Helgi Ass Gretarsson, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Iceland, will discuss a special tax on the fisheries at a meeting organised by Logretta, the Association of … Continue reading

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Gissurarson on Bank Collapse: Stockholm Tuesday 29 October

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson gives a lecture on the Icelandic bank collapse at a breakfast meeting organised by the Swedish think tank Timbro in Stockholm Tuesday 29 October 2013. The lecture will be in English and is titled “Why Was … Continue reading

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Gissurarson on 2008 Collapse: Friday 25 October, 9–10.45

Friday 25th October 2013 will see the 14th annual conference on the social sciences, held at the University of Iceland. The conference is called “Thjodarspegillinn”, The Mirror of the Nation, and it is an opportunity for researchers in the social … Continue reading

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Arnason: Special Tax on Fisheries Harmful

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

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O’Sullivan: Iron Lady Was World-Historical Figure

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

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