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Meltdown Iceland: How the Global Financial Crisis Bankupted an Entire Country
Roger Boyes
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Paperback. The sub-prime mortgage crisis, which began in America in 2007, unleashed a veritable epidemic of financial ill health all over the world. However it was Iceland, a tiny volcanic outcrop in the North Atlantic, which caught the worst cold. It has nearly killed them. This title offers an account of the financial destruction of this country. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNC; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188. How the Global Financial Crisis Bankupted an Entire Country. 256 pages. The sub-prime mortgage crisis, which began in America in 2007, unleashed a veritable epidemic of financial ill health all over the world. However it was Iceland, a tiny volcanic outcrop in the North Atlantic, which caught the worst cold. It has nearly killed them. This title offers an account of the financial destruction of this country. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DNC; KCX. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight: 184.
The inside story of the bankrupting of Iceland It is a truism that when America sneezes, Europe catches a cold. The sub-prime mortgage crisis, which began in America in 2007, unleashed a veritable epidemic of financial ill health all over the world. All European countries were affected, and the developing world also felt a chill. However it was Iceland, a tiny volcanic outcrop in the North Atlantic whose population of 300,000 had the highest per capita GDP and counted itself the happiest in the world, which caught the worst cold. It has nearly killed them. Written with panache and colour, ... Read more
The inside story of the bankrupting of Iceland It is a truism that when America sneezes, Europe catches a cold. The sub-prime mortgage crisis, which began in America in 2007, unleashed a veritable epidemic of financial ill health all over the world. All European countries were affected, and the developing world also felt a chill. However it was Iceland, a tiny volcanic outcrop in the North Atlantic whose population of 300,000 had the highest per capita GDP and counted itself the happiest in the world, which caught the worst cold. It has nearly killed them. Written with panache and colour, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
187g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408803080
SKU
V9781408803080
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Ref
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About Roger Boyes
Roger Boyes is a writer and prize-winning European correspondent for The Times newspaper. He has been reporting from Iceland since he was sent on his first foreign assignment to cover the Cod Wars in 1976 and is the author of eleven previous books.
Reviews for Meltdown Iceland: How the Global Financial Crisis Bankupted an Entire Country
'Boyes's utterly gripping account of how Iceland swiftly became the "microcosm" of a planetary market panic yields as crisp and bleak a saga of the downside of globalisation as you will ever read. As he traces the nation's journey from free-spending hubris to bankrupt nemesis, a story emerges of such eerie and bizarre drama that you feel caught up in ... Read more