Johan Norberg is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a writer who focuses on globalization, entrepreneurship, and individual liberty. Norberg is the author and editor of several books exploring liberal themes, including his newest book, Financial Fiasco: How America's Infatuation with Homeownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis. His book In Defense of Global Capitalism, originally published in Swedish in 2001, has since been published in over twenty different countries. He is also the author of När människan skapade världen, 2006 (When Mankind Created the World), the coauthor of Ett annat Sverige är möjligt, 2006 (Another Sweden is Possible) and Global rättvisa är möjlig, 2001 (Global Justice Is Possible), and the coeditor of Frihetens klassiker, 2003 (The Classics of Freedom), all of which are available only in Swedish at this time. His personal website is http://www.johannorberg.net/.
Norberg's articles and opinion pieces appear regularly in both Swedish and international newspapers, and he is a regular commentator and contributor on television and radio around the world discussing globalization and free trade. Prior to joining Cato, Norberg was head of political ideas at Timbro, a Swedish free-market think tank, from 2003 to 2005. He then served as a senior fellow for the Brussels-based Centre for a New Europe during 2006. Norberg received his master's degree from Stockholm University in the history of ideas.
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Financial Fiasco: How America's Infatuation with Homeownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis, September 2009.
In Defense of Global Capitalism, (2003)
"The Klein Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Polemics," Briefing Paper no. 102, May 14, 2008.
"Entrepreneurs Are the Heroes of the World," Cato's Letter, vol. 5, no. 1, Winter 2007.
"Bailouts, Debt Magnify Risk of Future Economic Troubles," Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 20, 2009
"Regulation and Its Unintended Consequences," RealClearMarkets.com, September 18, 2009
"Is a New Bubble Being Formed?," by Johnny Munkhammar and Johan Norberg, European Voice, July 29, 2009
"Regulators Cannot Avert Next Crisis," Australian, October 7, 2008
"Defaming Milton Friedman," Reason (Online), September 26, 2008
"Diagnosing and Treating the Roots of the Financial Crisis," September 2, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Financial Fiasco: How America's Infatuation with Home Ownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis," September 1, 2009 [Book Forum]
"Globalization and the World's Rising Living Standards," June 6, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Freedom, Commerce and Peace: A Regional Agenda," October 25, 2006 [Conference]
Johan Norberg discusses a generation in debt on CBS September 15, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:01]
"Financial Fiasco" featuring Johan Norberg, September 1, 2009 [Flash Audio, 11:02]
Johan Norberg discusses his book Financial Fiasco on Westwood One's The Jim Bohannon Show September 1, 2009 [Flash Audio, 39:21]
Johan Norberg discusses the successes of economic freedom. July 3, 2008 [Flash Video, 03:10]
"Schlock Doctrine" featuring Johan Norberg, June 25, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:48]