Johan Norberg is a historian, lecturer and commentator. He is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC and his books have been translated into forty languages. His books include The Capitalist Manifesto, the international bestseller Progress and Open, which was an Economist book of the year. Norberg regularly writes for publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Reason and HuffPost.

Deftly punctures popular misconceptions... Could a history book be more timely?

• 1: Athens - Democrats, Dreamers and Other Deviants 2: Rome - Melting Pot of Marble 3: The Abbasid Caliphate - At the Crossroads of the Universe 4: Song China - On the Threshold of Modernity 5: Renaissance Italy The Rebirth of Law, Literature and Libertas 6: The Dutch Republic - Trade, Toleration and Other Treasures of the Shore 7: The Anglosphere - Industry, Individualism and Impertinence

Johan Norberg is a historian, lecturer and commentator. He is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC and his books have been translated into forty languages. His books include The Capitalist Manifesto, the international bestseller Progress and Open, which was an Economist book of the year. Norberg regularly writes for publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Reason and HuffPost.

Deftly punctures popular misconceptions... Could a history book be more timely?

• 1: Athens - Democrats, Dreamers and Other Deviants 2: Rome - Melting Pot of Marble 3: The Abbasid Caliphate - At the Crossroads of the Universe 4: Song China - On the Threshold of Modernity 5: Renaissance Italy The Rebirth of Law, Literature and Libertas 6: The Dutch Republic - Trade, Toleration and Other Treasures of the Shore 7: The Anglosphere - Industry, Individualism and Impertinence

Johan Norberg is a historian, lecturer and commentator. He is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC and his books have been translated into forty languages. His books include The Capitalist Manifesto, the international bestseller Progress and Open, which was an Economist book of the year. Norberg regularly writes for publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Reason and HuffPost.

Deftly punctures popular misconceptions... Could a history book be more timely?

• 1: Athens - Democrats, Dreamers and Other Deviants 2: Rome - Melting Pot of Marble 3: The Abbasid Caliphate - At the Crossroads of the Universe 4: Song China - On the Threshold of Modernity 5: Renaissance Italy The Rebirth of Law, Literature and Libertas 6: The Dutch Republic - Trade, Toleration and Other Treasures of the Shore 7: The Anglosphere - Industry, Individualism and Impertinence