Eiríkur Bergmann Einarsson: Iceland and the International Financial Crisis: Boom, Bust and Recovery

• Main Author: Maximilian Conrad
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Icelandic
• Published: University of Iceland 2014
• Subjects: Political institutions and public administration (General); JF20-2112; Political science (General); JA1-92; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/a97f03c601a542c8ac0b2aa24386f205

The book is a highly interesting read particularly for international audiences hoping to get a deeper insight not only into the causes and consequences of the collapse of the three banks, but more importantly also into the histo rical, political - cultural, and no less into the political - psychological background and dimension of the crisis. The chapters presenting Iceland’s economic history as well as the rise and fall of the Icelandic banks therefore present a very useful summary o f the existing literature on the subject, although the interested reader could also have hoped for a more diverse selection of sources.