Islandija pred bankrotom

In je šel po gobe še en neoliberalni zgled:

“Iceland is bankrupt,” said Arsaell Valfells, a professor at the University of Iceland. “The Icelandic krona is history. The only sensible option is for the I.M.F. to come and rescue us.” Iceland, in Financial Collapse, Is Likely to Need I.M.F. Help

Pred enim letom:

Billionaires who blossomed after financial controls were eased have brought new vigour to a city that once was a business backwater.
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The catalyst for a dramatic turna-round was the deregulation of the formerly state-controlled financial sector. The move unleashed an unprecedented credit boom and helped to create a business elite now known locally as the billionaire boys club. Flush with cash raised domestically and from international markets and headed by fresh-faced entrepreneurial chief executives, firms such as Bakkavor Group, FL Group and Baugur have used Reykjavik as an unlikely base for aggressive overseas expansion. Deregulation brings boom time to Iceland