Monthly Archives: November 2014

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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Great Turnout at Lively ESFL Reykjavik Conference

Posted on 17.11.14

About 85 people attended the conference of the European Students for Liberty, ESFL, in Reykjavik Saturday 15 November 2014, including about 15 students from abroad. The Conference took place at the University Plaza on the University of Iceland premises. Lukas … Continue reading →

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European Students for Liberty: Reykjavik 15 November

Posted on 13.11.14

European Students for Liberty, ESFL, hold a regional meeting in Reykjavik Saturday 15 November 2014. The venue is the University of Iceland Centre, at meeting room HT-105. The programme is as follows: 11.30 Opening 11.45 Economics Professor Birgir Thor Runolfsson … Continue reading →

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Gissurarson: Anti-Communist Books Published Online

Posted on 06.11.14

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, RNH Academic Director, described the joint project by RNH and AECR, “Europe of the Victims”, at the annual meeting of the European Platform of Memory and Conscience—of which RNH is a member institute—in Brussels 4–5 November … Continue reading →

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Gissurarson: What Explains Darling’s Hostility?

Posted on 04.11.14

The Icelandic Parliament’s Special Investigation Commission, SIC, on the 2008 bank collapse correctly identified two factors contributing to the collapse: the rapid expansion of the banks on the one hand and a hidden, or invisible, risk factor embedded in the … Continue reading →

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