From Political Advocacy to 'Alternative Facts': A Comment on Hannes Gissurarson's Method

• Main Author: Stefán Ólafsson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Hannes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://econjwatch.org/File+download/1034/OlafssonSept2017.pdf?mimetype=pdf; https://econjwatch.org/1093

Hannes H. Gissurarson has been very active in political advocacy in Iceland, spreading laissez-faire libertarianism or market fundamentalism. Gissurarson’s aim in his present paper is to glorify the reform program that his ideological companion Davíð Oddsson embarked on between 1991 and 2004. Gissur...