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Probably the covid virus which caused the 2020–2022 worldwide pandemic leaked out of a laboratory in Wuhan in China, although it is well nigh impossible to prove this, science writer Dr. Matt Ridley said at a meeting at the University … Continue reading →

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 →

Danish economist Otto Brøns-Petersen, who served as adviser to Danish centre-right governments and was long the deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Taxation, gave a talk on 25 June 2024 at a meeting in Reykjavik on the ‘Danish Reform … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →