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Johan Norberg

Geboren: August 27, 1973 – Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Johan Norberg is a Swedish author and historian of ideas whose work centers on globalization, free markets, and human progress. A senior fellow at the Cato Institute, he wrote In Defense of Global Capitalism, Progress, Open, and The Capitalist Manifesto. His more than 20 books have been translated into over 30 languages.

Biografie & Werdegang des Autors

Johan Norberg was born in Stockholm in 1973 and studied the history of ideas at Stockholm University, where he earned an M.A. His intellectual turn was notable: drawn in youth to anarchism, he later concluded that classical liberalism took individual freedom more seriously. Early books on Vilhelm Moberg and the history of Swedish liberalism established him as a young writer with a strong interest in ideas, institutions, and the long arc of modernity. ((https://www.cato.org/news-releases/2007/3/15/johan-norberg-joins-cato-institute-senior-fellow?utm_source=openai))

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"Johan Norberg, a former anarchist who believes in a world without borders, makes the case that free trade is good for the developing world"

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"Johan Norberg makes a compelling case that we all thrive -- in every sense -- on 'open"

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"Johan Norberg chronicles the still largely unknown fact that humanity is now healthier, happier, cleaner, cleverer, freer and more peaceful than ever before"

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"With clarity and grace, Johan Norberg reminds us that openness to things and ideas from others is the only route to well-being"

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"Johan Norberg offers a compelling and timely study of what drove history’s most influential civilisations"

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"Johan Norberg has a great story to tell: how, throughout history, open societies have always closed down, but never for good"

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"At a time of profound pessimism, Johan Norberg is refreshingly, but not glibly, optimistic"

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