Why Iceland? How One of the World's Smallest Countries Became the Meltdown's Biggest Casualty

by Jonsson, Asgeir

• ISBN13: 9780071632843
• ISBN10: 0071632840
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-03
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

The reasons behind Iceland�s decline�and.what it now means for the rest of the world ..How did a nation of 300,000 build an international.banking empire of assets equaling 12 times its GDP�.and then lose it all overnight? ..�sgeir J�nsson, head of research and chief economist.for Iceland�s biggest bank, was in the midst of it all..Here, he explains the whole story of how Iceland grew.into a banking empire and then collapsed, including the.theory that Iceland�s fall was the result of a speculative.attack by hedge funds on the nation�s banking system..He examines the roles played by the United States and.United Kingdom, and predicts how the collapse will, in.turn, affect them. .

Author Biography

n++sgeir Jn++nsson is head of research and chief.economist at Kaupthing Bank, which was once Icelandn++s.biggest bank. He has written several books and articles.about Icelandic economy and history.

Table of Contents

The Enigma of Iceland	p. 1
The Birth of a Banking System	p. 19
How Iceland Became a Banking Country	p. 33
The Geyser Crisis	p. 57
Living in a Bubble	p. 83
The Road to Perdition	p. 113
The Downfall	p. 149
Lost in Iceland	p. 189
Epilogue Reykjavik on the Thames	p. 207
Index	p. 213
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