Monthly Archives: August 2019

Gissurarson: Trade Instead of Prohibitions

The best way of tackling environmental damage is free trade and definition of property rights to natural resources; it is much better than trying to prohibit DDT for example, or whaling, or trade in ivory, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson argued … Continue reading

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Gissurarson: Small States More Efficient

Small states tend to be more efficient and flexible than big ones, RNH Academic Director, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, argued in a lecture 19 August 2019 at a seminar on small states at the Summer University on Political Economy in … Continue reading

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The Nordic Models in Las Vegas

At Freedomfest in Las Vegas in July 2019, RNH academic director Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson was asked to be a commentator on a paper by Professor James Gwartney on increased global income equality. Gwartney used data from the Angus Maddison … Continue reading

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Green Capitalism in Las Vegas

Every summer American conservatives and libertarians hold an annual meeting or festival, Freedomfest, for a few days in Las Vegas, presenting books and ideas and watching films and documentaries relevant to liberty. Organised by the prolific author, commentator and investor … Continue reading

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