From constitutional reform to fortified democracy
Whereas some argue there is no need to revise the US constitution, others believe that its inherent flaws are in […]
Negative Interest (also in Swedish)
Presentation at a Festschrift conference for Prof. Hans Tson Söderström at SNS in Stockholm. Published in Swedish in Birgitta Swedenborg […]
Negative Interest
Í Birgitta Swedenborg (ritstj.), Swedish Economic Policy — Then, Now, and in the Future, afmælisrit handa Hans Tson Söderström prófessor, Dialogos, Stockholm, 2015. Ensk gerð […]
Natural Resources: Nordic Lessons
Presentation at the 5th annual Gaidar Forum “Russia and the World: New Dimensions” organized by the Russian Presidential Academy of […]
Preface, Natural Resources and Economic Growth: Learning from History
Preface to a volume of essays.
Iceland: How could this happen?
Í Torben M. Andersen, Michael Bergman, and Svend E. Hougaard Jensen (ritstj.), Reform Capacity and Macroeconomic Performance in the Nordic Countries.
Natural Resource Management: Nordic Lessons on the Path Towards Building a Knowledge-based Economy
Address at an annual conference on The UAE Economic Outlook for 2015 and the Path Towards Building a Knowledge-based Economy […]
The Dutch Disease in Reverse: Iceland’s Natural Experiment
Presentation at OxCarré, Oxford University. Published in Luigi Paganetto (ed.), Getting Globalization Right: Sustainability and Inclusive Growth in the post […]
Natural Resource Management: Timing and Magnitude of Natural Resource Wealth and Their Impact on Macro Fiscal Policy
Discussion of Flagship Report on Natural Resources and Human Development at a Technical Workshop organized by Oxford Policy Management and […]
Making a democratic constitution
After the financial crash of 2008, Iceland’s prospects looked promising in two respects. First, the government decided to call the […]