Iceland as Icarus

Did Iceland fly too close to the sun? We have rarely had a case when a nation so avidly adopted an economic model that was bound to fail. Iceland became the poster child for this economic crisis. Robert Wade documents it graphically.

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Main Author: Robert Wade
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10.2753/0577-5132520301
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Summary:Did Iceland fly too close to the sun? We have rarely had a case when a nation so avidly adopted an economic model that was bound to fail. Iceland became the poster child for this economic crisis. Robert Wade documents it graphically.