| Summary: | Edited by E. Paul Durrenberger and Gosli Polsson. Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface / E. Paul Durrenberger and Gisli Palsson -- Introduction: The banality of financial evil / Gisli Palsson and E. Paul Durrenberger -- Prologue: Some poetic thoughts concerning meltdowns / Einar Mar Guomundsson -- Vikings invade present-day Iceland / Kristin Loftsdottir -- Exploiting Icelandic history: 2000-2008 / Guoni Th. Johannesson -- Free market ideology, crony capitalism, and social resilience / Orn D. Jonsson and Rognvaldur J. Sæmundsson -- A day in the life of an Icelandic banker / Mar Wolfgang Mixa -- Something rotten in the state of Iceland: "The production of truth" about the Icelandic banks / Vilhjalmur Arnason -- Overthrowing the government: a case study in protest / Jon Gunnar Bernburg -- "Welcome to the revolution!" Voting in the Anarcho-surrealists / Hulda Proppe -- Creativity and crisis / Tinna Gretarsdottir, Asmundur Asmundsson, and Hannes Larusson -- Groundtruthing individual transferable quotas / Evelyn Pinkerton -- Virtual fish stink, too / James Maguire -- The resilience of rural Iceland / Margaret Willson and Birna Gunnlaugsdottir -- When fishing rights go up against human rights / Niels Einarsson -- Schools in two communities weather the crash / Guony S. Gupbjornsdottir and Sigurlina Daviosdottir -- What happened to the migrant workers? / Unnur Dis Skaptadottir -- Icelandic language schools after the crash / Pamela Joan Innes -- Charity in pre- and post-crisis Iceland / James G. Rice -- Epilogue: The neoliberal con / Dimitra Doukas -- Retrospect / James Carrier.
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