Iceland and the international financial crisis : boom, bust and recovery
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Iceland and the international financial crisis : boom, bust and recovery
（International political economy series）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-203) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Eirikur Bergmann explains the exceptional case of Iceland's fantastical boom, bust and rapid recovery after the Crash of 2008 and explores the lessons for the wider EU crisis and for over-reaching economies that over-rely on financial markets.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Boom, Bust and Recovery PART I: RISE AND SHINE 1. Birth of a Nation - a Postcolonical Project 2. Coming of Age - Economic History 3. The Independent State - Foreign Relations PART II: BOOM AND BUST 4. The Nordic Tiger - Imagined Economic Miracle 5. Hot Air - Living on the Edge 6. The Crash - Collapse of the Cross Border Banks PART III: REVOLUTION AND RECOVERY 7. Pots-and-Pans Revolution - and Defiance Abroad 8. Rising from the Ruins - Fragile Economic Recovery 9. Reconstituting Iceland - and the New Critical Order Conclusion and Final Remarks
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