Iceland's (2008) and Argentina's (2001) crises: Are there any similarities?

• Main Authors: Gunnlaugsson, Helgi, del Acebo Ibañez, Enrique
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Fundación de Altos Estudios Antárticos y Ambientes Extremos
• Subjects: BANKING COLLAPSE; PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION; NEO-LIBERALISM; GOVERNMENT; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5; Argentina; Ibañez; Arctic; Iceland; Islandia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/237269

Ever since the dreadful days in October of 2008, when the Icelandic financial system collapsed, questions about the failure have dominated the public debate in Iceland. To many local observers this still remains a mystery, because the three largest banks apparently were all well financed in the summ...