Johan Norberg is a Swedish author and historian of ideas, devoted to promoting economic globalization and what he regards as classical liberal positions. He is arguably most known as the author of In Defense of Global Capitalism and Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future . Since 15 March 2007 he has been a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and in January 2017 he became the executive editor at Free To Choose Media. Wikipedia
“When everyone thinks alike not much gets thought.”
Ett annat Sverige är möjligt (2006), p. 18
Context: Now it happens to have been the Social Democrats who have regimented the important institutions in society, but it would have been dangerous whichever party it had been. Development and diversity depend on independent initiatives and competition. When everyone thinks alike not much gets thought.
Johan Norberg book In Defense of Global Capitalism
In Defense of Global Capitalism
Context: Basically, what I believe in is neither capitalism nor globalization... I believe in man's capacity for achieving great things and in the combined force resulting from encounters and exchanges. I plead for greater liberty and a more open world... because it provides a setting which liberates individuals and their creativity as no other system can. It spurs the dynamism which has led to human, economic, scientific, and technical advances, and which will continue to do so. Believing in capitalism does not mean believing in growth, the economy, or efficiency. Desirable as these may be, these are only the results. Belief in capitalism is, fundamentally, belief in mankind.
“Africa has not been too globalized; it has been too marginalized.”
Globalisation is Good
Context: Is the problem here lack of access to clean water? No. Is it starvation? No. Is it laziness? Definitely not. No, it's poverty due to lack of growth, due to lack of reform. Everything else is just a symptom of that. In fact, even the biggest horrors - famine and war - have political causes. No democracy has ever been afflicted by a famine, and no two democracies have ever made war on each other.
Africa has been subjected by socialism, gangster rule and protectionism. Africa has not been too globalized; it has been too marginalized.
Johan Norberg book In Defense of Global Capitalism
In Defense of Global Capitalism
Johan Norberg book In Defense of Global Capitalism
In Defense of Global Capitalism
Johan Norberg book In Defense of Global Capitalism
In Defense of Global Capitalism
Johan Norberg book In Defense of Global Capitalism
In Defense of Global Capitalism
