Mattias Bengtsson, Author at Johan Norberg

Free or Equal?
Revisiting Milton Friedman’s Ideas on the
Struggle Between Freedom and Equality

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2011 Thirty years after Milton Friedman’s television series Free to Choose, Johan Norberg travels in Friedman’s footsteps to see what has actually happened in the places Friedman’s ideas helped transform. Central to his examination are the perennial questions concerning power and prosperity, and the trade-offs between individual liberty and income equality. You can find more…

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Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis

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2010 A look at how we got into the financial crisis and how our way of dealing with it is repeating many of those mistakes. Among those interviewed are experts who were mocked when they predicted the current crisis. Other interviewees include Nobel laureate Vernon Smith and former US Comptroller General David Walker. The film is…

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Fragment och argument 1990-2010

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Hydra 2010 (In Swedish) A selection of Johan Norberg’s past articles and extracts, published with new introductions and a memoir. From anarchist articles in high school to essays in world leading publications. Order “Fragment och argument” here.

Den eviga matchen om lyckan

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Natur och Kultur 2009 (In Swedish) “Den eviga matchen om lyckan: ett idéhistoriskt referat” is a book on how Western thinkers have thought about happiness and what the latest scientific research says about that today. Why happiness is not a destination, but a way of travelling, why it’s not about happiness, but the pursuit of happiness.…

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The Ultimate Resource

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2008 When given the right incentives and tools, people around the world are proving they can apply their intelligence, imagination and spirit to dramatically advance their well-being and that of their families and communities. Johan Norberg, Hernando de Soto, Muhammed Yunus and others look at the world’s ultimate resource – people. You can watch the…

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– Naomi Kleins nakenchock

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Voltaire 2008 (In Swedish) A critique of Naomi Klein’s book The Shock Doctrine, co-written with Boris Benulic, showing that she changes timelines and distort statistics and quotes to prove her points. Order “Naomi Kleins nakenchock” here.

Världens välfärd:
Fyra decennier som förändrade planeten

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Utbildningsdepartementet 2007 (In Swedish) A detailed statistical look at how globalization is changing lives around the world, when it comes to wealth, health, nutrition, literacy and other indicators of progress, commissioned by the Swedish government. Read a PDF here.

När människan skapade världen

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Timbro 2006 (In Swedish) A defense of entrepreneurship and human creativity, about its role in human history and about what needs to be done to free that spirit today. Order “När människan skapade världen” here.

Ett annat Sverige är möjligt

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Pocky 2006 (In Swedish) A debate book giving two different visions for Swedish future, a classical liberal one (Norberg) and a socialist one (America Vera-Zavala). Order it here.

Globalisation is good

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2003 As the debate on globalization gets more intense, Johan Norberg travels to some of the poorest countries in the world to look at what creates growth or poverty. He visits farmers in Kenya, sweatshops in Vietnam and looks at how Taiwan got rich. The conclusion is that the world needs more globalization, not less.…

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