Author Archives: HHG

Gissurarson: Power to the People

Hannes H. Gissurarson, Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland, was a guest at Gisli Freyr Valdorsson’s podcast on 2 July 2024, discussing many current issues. He found it strange that the welfare state was growing at the … Continue reading

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AB Annual Meeting 2024

The Public Book Club, Almenna bokafelagid, AB, held its annual general meeting on 4 May 2024. AB was founded on 17 June 1955 in order to counter the disproportionate influence of the communist-dominated book club Language and Culture, Mal og menning, supported … Continue reading

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Friedman: Positive and Negative Climate Changes

Professor Emeritus David D. Friedman, who used to teach economics at American universities while holding a Ph. D. in physics, gave a talk at a meeting of RSE, the Icelandic Research Centre of Social and Economic Affairs, on Wednesday 1 … Continue reading

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Gissurarson: Many Practical Solutions

Hannes H. Gissurarson, Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland, gave a talk about practical liberal solutions of economic problems at a conference in Blagoevgrad in Bulgaria on 26 April 2024, held by the American University there and … Continue reading

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Gissurarson: Putin Received Wrong Signals

Hannes H. Gissurarson, Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland, gave a talk at a conference held by the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Skopje in North Macedonia on 25 April 2024 about the … Continue reading

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Gissurarson: The Benefits of Private Property

Hannes H. Gissurarson, Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland, gave a talk on the ethics of the free market at the School of Business Administration and Economics in Zagreb, Croatia, on 24 April 2024. He said that … Continue reading

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