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Keynote speaker at the ESFL 2014 conference
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…
Reason Cruise in the Caribbean
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…
Overwhelming response to crowdfunding campaign
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…
Obamacare är en katastrof
JOHAN NORBERG: Vid sitt framträdande berättade presidenten att den ensamstående mamman Jessica Sanford grät av lycka när hon köpte en vårdförsäkring för första gången. Äntligen kunde Barack Obama berätta en god nyhet om den nya sjukvårdsreformen. Det behövdes. Hemsidan där amerikaner ska skaffa försäkring är en katastrof. Inte en oj-vad-jobbigt-katastrof, utan en riktigt katastrof. Tänk Titanic.…
New documentary – Economic Freedom in Action
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…
Keynote address at the Freedom Dinner, New York
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…
New book on open borders
Johan Norberg’s latest book in Swedish is Migrationens kraft (The Power of Migration), co-written with Fredrik Segerfeldt and published by Hydra. It presents the case for open borders, outlining a moral defense for the freedom of movement, while at the same time explaining how it can benefit both the migrant, the country he leaves and…
Johan Norberg turns 40
Sweden’s biggest daily, Dagens Nyheter, Sydsvenska Dagbladet and several other newspapers pays attention to Johan Norberg’s 40th birthday, with a personal portrait beginning with the words “He has never been afraid to stick his neck out”. Read more in Sydsvenska Dagbladet here.
Norwegian translation of book on intelligence
Johan Norberg’s Swedish book The Brain Revolution, on the past, present and future of human intelligence has been translated into Norwegian by the publisher Cappellen Damm. Norway’s second largest daily writes that the book is “easily accessible and full of absorbing examples and stimulating questions … your brain will not be the same after you have…