My new book, Progress, is out now – order links below! “Mr Norberg unleashes a tornado of evidence … a blast of good sense.” – The Economist ‘An exhilarating book.” – Steven Pinker “Superb” – Matt Ridley “Excellent” – Philippe Legrain “Refreshingly rosy” – Kirkus Review “Appealing … a prophet of anti-pessimism” – Simon Jenkins, The Guardian Contrary to what most…
On September 8 shooting started in Paris for a new documentary hosted by Johan Norberg titled “Markets, Morality and Adam Smith”. In this production photo taken at the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Johan is presenting two of the library’s most prized items: first editions of Adam Smith’s “Theory of Moral Sentiments” from 1759 and Diderot’s “Encyclopédie”…
För fyra år sedan flyttade jag till Malmö och dess dynamiska blandning av tradition och modernitet. En som gjort denna stad levande är Niklas. Inte bara med välansat skägg och väl tilltagna tatueringar, utan också genom att driva ett av mina favoritcaféer. Nu har han byggt ett helt nytt café från scratch, vilket ger staden mer…
Sajten nejtackzombies frågade nyligen riksdagspartierna om de har någon politik mot zombiehotet, och flera partier svarade lekfullt om kommunala handlingsplaner mot zombies och ROT-avdrag för att bygga zombiesäkra bunkrar. Jag tror att det är så nära årets valrörelse kommer en seriös diskussion om försvars- och säkerhetspolitik. Borde det inte vara annorlunda den här gången? En…
With the Swedish national elections coming up on September 14, a major political debate was held before a large and enthusiastic audience in Malmö on September 1. However, in an attempt to move away from partisanship and an increasingly formulaic political debate, the event focused on today’s ideological differences between leftists and liberals in Sweden,…
Johan Norberg has recently wrapped up the production of a new documentary on one of humanity’s major challenges: energy supply for a developing and growing world. The documentary – “Power To The People” – is hosted by Johan Norberg and will premiere in January next year. A teaser is available here.
A new Swedish documentary on the wasting of taxpayer’s money – “Någon annan betalar” (Someone else pays) premiered on YouTube on September 3. The documentary is directed and produced by Martin Borgs, who also produced the internationally acclaimed documentary Overdose – The Next Financial Crisis, which was hosted by Johan Norberg and which is based…
In 2012, Johan Norberg’s published Hjärnrevolutionen, popularizing the latest research on human intelligence and the brain in a way that was ”very convincing” according to Professor Lars-Göran Nilsson, ”enlightening and entertaining” according to Sydsvenska Dagbladet, and “a veritable tour de force through the world of ideas concerning happiness”. The hard cover edition has been sold…
Veckans krönikör Johan Norberg om grupptillhörighet i en talkrönika för Sveriges Radios “Godmorgon världen”. Lyssna här.
Cato Institute 2009 (In English) “Financial Fiasco: How America’s Infatuation with Home Ownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis” is the story of the financial crisis, and how monetary policy, housing policy and misguided regulation made it happen. If it is a murder story, it turns out that everybody did it – households, banks,…
