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- Print length448 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAtlantic Books
- Publication dateNovember 15, 2020
- Dimensions6.25 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-101786497166
- ISBN-13978-1786497161
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- Publisher : Atlantic Books
- Publication date : November 15, 2020
- Edition : Main
- Language : English
- Print length : 448 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1786497166
- ISBN-13 : 978-1786497161
- Item Weight : 1.75 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #857,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #556 in Development & Growth Economics (Books)
- #819 in Political Economy
- #1,280 in Economic Conditions (Books)
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About the author

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"
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