Portraits
Portraits of growth theorists Adam Smith Joseph Schumpeter Thomas Malthus John Maynard Keynes David Ricardo Roy Harrod John Stuart Mill […]
Iceland´s New Constitution is Not Solely a Local Concern
Presentation at a conference on the revision of the Icelandic constitution on the occasion of the publication of Icelandic Constitutional […]
Fimm árstíðir/Five Seasons
Five songs by Thorvaldur Gylfason set to poems by Snorri Hjartarson (1906-1986). The poems are Autumn Is Here, Ice Breaks, […]
Skáldaskil/Poets Apart
An epic trilogy in six acts, which deals with the tumultuous friendship between two Icelandic poets, Einar Benediktsson og Thorsteinn […]
Tímamót/Watershed
This roman à clef by Thorsteinn Gíslason, poet and editor (1867-1938), describes Iceland around 1900, when the country began its economic and […]
Assar Lindbeck: An appreciation
To remember a colleague and a friend, who passed away 28 August 2020.
Democracy under Stress: The Case of Iceland
Presentation at Zoom webinar on Why Democracy Matters – A Collective Response to Reform, Unlock Democracy, London.
The Anatomy of Constitution Making: From Denmark in 1849 to Iceland in 2017
In Gabriel Negretto (ed.), Redrafting Constitutions in Democratic Regimes. Abstract This paper reviews aspects of the constitution making process in […]
Individual Behavior and Collective Action: The Path to Iceland’s Financial Collapse
With Gylfi Zoega, in Luigi Paganetto (ed.), Capitalism, Global Change and Sustainable Development, Springer 2020. Abstract Unsustainable accumulation of debt […]
Svífandi fuglar/Soaring Birds
Fifteen songs by Thorvaldur Gylfason for high/low voice, piano, and cello set to poems by Kristján Hreinsson and arranged by […]