Johan Norberg ist ein schwedischer Schriftsteller. Er studierte Philosophie, Literatur- und Politikwissenschaften an der Universität Stockholm. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist Das kapitalistische Manifest. Norberg ist Mitglied der Mont Pelerin Society und Senior Fellow des Cato Institute. Wikipedia
“When everyone thinks alike not much gets thought.”
Ett annat Sverige är möjligt (2006), p. 18
Kontext: 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.
In Defense of Global Capitalism
Kontext: 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
Kontext: 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.
