The Economy Journal - Iceland

Iceland between envy and reality

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:39:54 +0100

In statistics, Iceland rubs shoulders with the elite of the rich developed world: 76 thousand dollars of per capita income in 2018, and it is the fifth country in the world in per capita income

The effects of the crisis take their toll on the mental health of people

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:32:55 +0100

When the crisis happened, the frequency of cardiac emergencies increased a little, but the peak subsided after one week.

The financial crisis in Iceland particularly affected women

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:32:40 +0100

The economic collapse that Iceland experienced in 2008 is different from those of other countries because it affected more the physical and mental health of women compared to men.

Trapped in the global economy

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:32:18 +0100

Even in its most beautiful places, all roads are hard on this beautiful and icy Nordic island.

Alternatives to the crisis: Iceland exists

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:31:37 +0100

The crisis in Iceland four years ago is similar, as far the first steps taken by the Government at that time and the public reaction is concerned, to the crisis in much of the capitalist world.

Is there a way out of the crisis, Icelandic style?

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:31:21 +0100

Capital controls require that all the money held by residents and non-residents in the country remain there, which increases the tax base available to the Government.

Ten years of economic crisis in 100 years of ecological crisis

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:30:55 +0100

The future of a new social and united economy model of greater proximity to the public at large has to be based on principles of cooperativism and self-management.

The curious case of Iceland: democratic lessons ten years after the banking crash

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:30:29 +0100

While tourists are fascinated by natural landscapes that evoke film fantasy planets, no less fascinating is the democratic culture of the society that inhabits it.

Iceland-Spain: 2008-2018. Two countries ten years after the crisis

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:30:09 +0100

Surprisingly, both Spaniards and Icelanders discover that many features of our character are common to both.

The true cost of austerity and inequality. Case study: Iceland

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:29:54 +0100

Although Iceland is not a member of the EU, it represents a useful example of the alternatives to austerity that countries have at their disposal in response to the financial crisis.

Iceland, 10 years after the crisis: A miracle (in lowercase)

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:29:34 +0100

Icelanders remember with a certain bittersweet taste the period between the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009.

How Iceland recovered after being on the verge of death

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:29:15 +0100

When I visited Reykjavik in October 2008 to offer the assistance of the IMF, the situation in the country was critical.

We could all be Iceland

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:29:00 +0100

The drastic changes in the Icelandic economy, produced in a short period of time, seem a singular phenomenon.

Ten years after the crisis in Iceland

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:28:47 +0100

Was the crisis in Iceland really a peaceful and exemplary revolution for Europe? Although each country has its own idiosyncrasy and the formula that is good for one country, for another it does not work.

The Economy Journal - Iceland

​Iceland between envy and reality

​The effects of the crisis take their toll on the mental health of people

​The financial crisis in Iceland particularly affected women

​Trapped in the global economy

​Alternatives to the crisis: Iceland exists

​Is there a way out of the crisis, Icelandic style?

​Ten years of economic crisis in 100 years of ecological crisis

​The curious case of Iceland: democratic lessons ten years after the banking crash

​Iceland-Spain: 2008-2018. Two countries ten years after the crisis

​The true cost of austerity and inequality. Case study: Iceland

​Iceland, 10 years after the crisis: A miracle (in lowercase)

​How Iceland recovered after being on the verge of death

​We could all be Iceland

​Ten years after the crisis in Iceland