Monthly Archives: April 2023

On the occasion of Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson’s 70th birthday recently and his retirement as Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Iceland, a session at LibertyCon Europe, the annual conference of Students for Liberty Europe, held in Lisbon … Continue reading →

Until recently, American philosopher John Rawls has been the main guru of the Left, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson submitted at a lecture in Amsterdam on 20 April 2023. The venue was the boardroom of the old Amsterdam stock exchange, Europe’s … Continue reading →

The great difference between the two left-wing gurus John Rawls and Thomas Piketty is that Rawls was concerned about the poor, but Piketty seemingly only worries about the rich, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson pointed out in his lecture on Piketty … Continue reading →

Karl Marx presented an incredibly simplified picture of modern society where people were divided into just two classes, capitalists, owners of the means of production, and workers who had nothing to sell but their labour. In fact, Professor Hannes H. … Continue reading →

In what kind of society are people likely to be happy? was a question posed at a seminar at Bristol University on 17 April 2023. Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson replied that perhaps we should not try to seek happiness, an … Continue reading →

The European Union, EU, had its origins in noble ideals; the French and the Germans decided to beat swords into ploughshares and to trade instead of fighting with each other and with the rest of Europe, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson … Continue reading →