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…
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…
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,…
Johan Norberg delivered the keynote speech at the European Students For Liberty 2014 Conference on March 14 to 16 at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. The goal of the conference was to bring classical liberal/pro-liberty/libertarian students from across Europe together, to exchange experience in campus activism, to train students through workshops, and help them grow…
During February 9-16, the world-leading libertarian magazine Reason arranged a cruise in the Caribbean for readers, friends and donors. Johan Norberg was invited to talk about both reform in Europe, and how the fate of absinthe explains the world over the last 150 years. In the line-up you could also find people like Bjørn Lomborg and…
Johan Norberg’s next book in Swedish is about how power of digitalisation and globalisation disrupts everything. To test the idea, he tried to fund the book via crowdfunding. He asked for 100,000 SEK (≈$15,300) in one month. He got that sum in 30 hours, and reached a total of 205,000 SEK from 421 backers, which…
Johan Norberg’s latest documentary, Economic Freedom in Action: Changing Lives premieres on public television in the United States in November. It is a one-hour documentary that travels the world to look at economic reform and profile the inspiring entrepreneurs that have used it to improve the lives of their families and societies. National Review calls…
In 2011, the Nobel laureate in Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa, delivered the keynote address at the Atlas Network’s Freedom Dinner in New York. This year, that honor was Johan Norberg’s. In front of hundreds of people who are fighting for freedom and human rights in their countries, he talked about their struggle and what it…
Why everything gets better – and no one believes it. Annual John Bonython Lecture, Australia & New Zeland. December 2007.
