Having participated in a number of debates against the Swedish anti-globalization movement, in May 2001 he released the book "In Defense of Global Capitalism" () where he assembles his arguments for globalization and free trade. In 2002 the book was selected for the Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation and in 2003 Norberg was awarded the gold medal of the German Hayek Stiftung (an award shared with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the German economist Otmar Issing). The British Channel 4 also invited him to present the documentary film "Globalisation is Good" (released in 2003), which is based on his book.