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Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson

Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson was leader of Iceland‘s Social Democratic Party from 1984 to 1996 and is a former minister for foreign affairs and external trade. His most recent book is The Nordic model vs. The Neo-Liberal challenge (Lambert Academic publishing).

From Neoliberal Ruins To Recovery: Iceland Is Real Poster-Boy

At a Nordic-Baltic Development Forum meeting, held in Riga some years ago, there arose a lively controversy on the relative merits of the Swedish (Nordic)

Nordic Model Survives The Storm

Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson

What are the prospects for the Nordic-Baltic region (5+3) in a decidedly unstable international environment? The situation is radically different from what it looked like

What Can We Learn From The Nordic Model?

Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson

The neoliberal era started in the eighties as a revolt against the welfare state. It was a reassertion of the fundamentalist belief in market infallibility.