Johan Norberg

Johan Norberg is an author, lecturer and documentary filmmaker, born in Sweden. He received his M.A. in the History of Ideas from the University of Stockholm, and is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington D.C. and the European Centre for International Political Economy in Brussels.

Norberg's books have been published in more than 25 countries. His Progress (2016) was a book of the year in The Economist and The Guardian. For his work, Norberg has received several awards, including the Distinguished Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Award, the Walter Judd Freedom Award, the Julian Simon Memorial Award, and the gold medal from the German Hayek Stiftung, that year shared with Margaret Thatcher.

"A blast of good sense"

The Economist

"A prophet of anti-pessimism"

The Guardian

"Norberg has a strong case and he makes it with energy and charm"

The Times