Author Archives: HHG

Heisbourg: European Dream Becoming Nightmare

Posted on 05.04.14

The European dream is turning into a nightmare because of the great mistake of adopting the same currency, the euro, in most of the European Union, even if many member states were totally unprepared for it. This was the conclusion … Continue reading →

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Heisbourg on the Euro and the EU: Saturday 5 April 11–12

Posted on 28.03.14

A distinguished expert on international affairs and security, François Heisbourg, gives a lecture on the euro and the EU Saturday at a pre-lunch meeting 5 April 2014, 11–12, at the University of Iceland, in Oddi House, room O-202. The meeting is … Continue reading →

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Gissurarson: Smallness Opportunity as well as Constraint

Posted on 24.03.14

The smallness of nations can be an opportunity as well as a constraint, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, RNH’s Academic Director, said at a meeting of the political association Framsokn in the Faroe Islands, in Ostrom House in Torshavn, 22 March … Continue reading →

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Gissurarson: Foreign Factors of Icelandic Bank Collapse

Posted on 19.03.14

As the year 2008 went on, the Icelandic financial market became very vulnerable, heading towards a deep depression, similar to those which Icelanders frequently had to cope with in the 20th Century. However, three foreign factors suddenly brought all three … Continue reading →

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Gissurarson: Hundreds of Billions Grabbed by Foreigners

Posted on 18.03.14

Foreign businessmen took advantage of the sudden and temporary plight of the Icelanders during the 2008 bank collapse to grab Icelandic-owned assets at prices far below market prices, even prices in a depression. They could do this because authorities in … Continue reading →

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Professor Gissurarson’s 2014 Lectures

Posted on 26.02.14

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, RNH’s Academic Director, gives a series of lectures in 2014 on various subjects related to RNH’s research projects. 1. At the spring conference of the Institute of Business Affairs at the University of Iceland Friday 14 … Continue reading →

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