Author Archives: HHG

Gissurarson: Internet Resources Supporting Freedom

The internet is a veritable fountain of intellectual resources, data and information, supporting individual freedom. This is what Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson argued in a lecture at a conference in Porto Alegre 25 May 2014, organised by the Brazilian Students … Continue reading

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RNH Receives Freedom Prize

RNH has received the Kjartan Gunnarsson Freedom Prize for 2014, awarded by the Board of the Young Independents, SUS. The Prize is given annually to one institution and to one individual for their services to individual freedom. RNH received the … Continue reading

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Grossman Visits RNH

Dan Grossman, chairman of the board of Atlas Network and member of the board of Students for Liberty, briefly visited Iceland on 11–12 May 2014. He had a luncheon meeting with Gisli Hauksson, chairman of RNH’s board, and a few … Continue reading

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Dzhemilev Receives Platform Prize

The Member institutions and organisations of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience decided as of 30 April 2014 to award the first Prize of the  Platform to the leader of the Crimean Tatar People Mr Mustafa Dzhemilev. Mr Dzhemilev … Continue reading

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Gissurarson: Bank Collapse Not Caused by “Neoliberalism”

Some left-wing commentators assert that the 2008 Icelandic bank collapse was caused by a failed attempt in the preceding years to implement “neoliberalism” in Iceland. Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson rejected that explanation in a lecture at the annual meeting of … Continue reading

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Gissurarson in Las Vegas on Bank Collapse: Monday 14 April

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, director of academic studies at RNH, reads a paper on explanations on the 2008 Icelandic bank collapse at the annual conference of APEE, Association of Private Enterprise Education, in Las Vegas in Nevada Monday 14 April … Continue reading

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