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.
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…
In late May, the world was surprised to watch riots and burning buildings in heavily immigrant-populated suburbs of Stockholm. In The Spectator (UK), Johan Norberg writes about the deep divide in Swedish society, a country that has reformed much, but still regulates labour markets and has high entry-level wages. As a result, Sweden has very…
The financial book review site EQTBooks has compiled a list of the best Swedish books of business and finance of all time. On third place we find Johan Norberg’s In Defense of Global Capitalism: “Norberg’s devotion and contagious enthusiasm can move mountains”. Read a PDF of the whole list here.
2013 From Zambia to South Korea, from Slovakia to Chile, a rise in economic freedom has led to increased prosperity and longevity, allowing more people to rise out of poverty and build positive futures for themselves and their children. By reviewing and explaining the findings of the latest Economic Freedom of the World Index, the program…
Cato Institute 2003 (In English) (Also available in German, Dutch, French and Swedish) An explanation of how globalization and free trade creates development and reduces poverty, translated in 25 countries. A classic work, often credited with changing the early 21st century globalization debate. “Giving clear and verifiable sources, he nails one by one the fallacies…
2012 Four investigative reports, in Greece, Brussels, California and Washington D.C., highlight Europe’s current debt crisis and its connection to the U.S. economy. In a conference center and restaurant in Malmo, young thinkers from around the world react to the presentations, trying to find out “Where did Europe go wrong” and “is the United States now…
Natur och Kultur 2012 (In Swedish) “Hjärnrevolutionen: Varför din intelligens påverkar allt du gör – och allt du gör påverkar din intelligens” is a popular science book on the importance of intelligence and the plasticity of the brain. How your intelligence effects everything you do, but also how everything you do effects your intelligence. Order “Hjärnrevolutionen”…
Hydra 2012 (In Swedish) An investigation into the history of the Euro system, and the reasons for its failure. How constructivist politicians overreached in their attempts to unify Europe, and how that resulted in division and conflict. Order “Eurokrasch: En tragedi i tre akter” here.
Hydra 2012 (In Swedish) “Migrationens kraft: Därför behöver vi öppna gränser” is a book on the moral and economic case for open immigration, co-written with Fredrik Segerfeldt, showing how migration can benefit both the emigrant, the country she leaves, and the country she moves to. Order “Migrationens kraft: Därför behöver vi öppna gränser” here.
