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Iceland: The Road Ahead

  • November 12, 2009

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  • 04:44

To many people, Iceland has become the poster child of the global economic crisis. When its three main banks collapsed, they brought down the rest of the economy. A year later, the country is still mired in recession. What can we learn from Iceland’s

  • Mark Flanagan, IMF Mission Chief for Iceland
  • Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Finance Minister for Iceland
  • Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Prize Winner in Economics Professor at Columbia Business School
  • Jens Henriksson, IMF Executive Director for the Nordic-Baltic Constituency