Author Archives: HHG

Loan from Russia, reckless businessmen, financial centres, etc.

Posted on 14.01.15

Gudni Th. Johannesson, Associate Professor of history at the University of Iceland, and Hannes H. Gissurarson, Professor of Politics at the UI, both agreed that new evidence was to be found on the 2008 Icelandic bank collapse, at a meeting … Continue reading →

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Bank Collapse — New Evidence: Wednesday 14 Jan. 12–13

Posted on 09.01.15

Dr. Gudni Th. Johannesson, Associate Professor of History, and Dr. Hannes H. Gissurarson, Professor of Politics, will give lectures at a meeting held by RNH and the Icelandic Association of Political Scientists Wednesday 14 January 2015, at Haskolatorg, Room HT-101, … Continue reading →

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Gissurarson: the UK left Iceland Out in the Cold

Posted on 15.12.14

The Icelandic 2008 bank collapse was self-inflicted in the sense that a precarious situation had been created by the very rapid growth of the three main Icelandic banks. But glass does not break because it is breakable, and a precarious … Continue reading →

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Smith: Money Improves and Extends Human Life

Posted on 13.12.14

Professor Tara Smith from the University of Texas in Austin gave a lecture at the University of Iceland, sponsored by RNH, Monday 24 November 2014, on the moral message in the works of Russian-American novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand. The … Continue reading →

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Crisis in UK and Iceland: London 27 November 18.30

Posted on 26.11.14

Dr. Hannes H. Gissurarson, Professor of Politics at the University of Iceland and RNH Academic Director, gives a lecture at the London think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs at 2 Lord North Street in Westminster (close to Westminster Palace) … Continue reading →

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Smith on Rand: Monday 24 November 5–6 pm

Posted on 19.11.14

The enlightened pursuit of self-interest is good, and capitalism is moral, Ayn Rand declared. She is the most popular and influential female philosopher ever, her novels, carrying her message, selling in thirty million copies. Monday 24 November at 5 pm, … Continue reading →

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