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The Skeleton Economy: Icelandic Crash

Makes interesting reading with something of a take on the history that led Iceland to the point they're in now...
The Skeleton Economy
The Icelandic economy has crashed. The government has nationalized all three of the major banks in Iceland and most Icelandic financial institutions overseas are bankrupt. The global credit crisis that has left banks in Europe and the US bankrupt has hit Iceland like a natural disaster. During a two-week period our economy was wiped out and left in ruins.

Read more: http://www.grapevine.is/Features/ReadArticle/The-Skeleton-Economy-The-Icelandic-Economy-has-Crashed-the-government-has-nationalized-all-three-of-the-major-banks
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