Showing posts with label iceland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iceland. Show all posts
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Iceland Recovery? Capital Controls and Devaluation Backfires…

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Well Iceland’s supposed recovery seems to have been truncated as policies of capital controls and devaluation appears to have backfired. ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Iceland’s Recovery Model: It’s a story of how to fool people

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Sovereign Man’s impressive contrarian Simon Black argues against the Iceland Recovery Model which he sees as a “complete lie”. (bold mine)...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Iceland’s Recovery: Hardly about Currency Devaluation

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Alan Reynolds at the Cato Institute blog explains , (italics original, bold mine) Iceland’s recent devaluation was highly orthodox poli...
Saturday, March 03, 2012

For Iceland, Canadian Loonie is Better than the US Dollar

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From Globe and Mail (hat tip Zero Hedge) Iceland’s newfound love for the loonie is sparking a wave of controversy, from Reykjavik to O...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Will Falling Population (Demographic Time Bomb) Lead To A Reversal Of Globalization?

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Lately I have encountered several commentaries suggesting that the “demographic time bomb” (falling population) will pose a risk to globaliz...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Eruption In Pictures

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Fantastic photographs from the recent volcanic eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull . Find more pictures in Boston.com's The Big P...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Iceland's Devaluation Toll: McDonald's

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Recently we dealt with The Evils Of Devaluation . And Iceland should be a good example. Last year's meltdown heavily devastated Icel...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Government Guarantees And the US Dollar Standard

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``At some point, it will become necessary to guarantee failing pension plans, income, Medicare payments, mortgage payments, bank deposits, s...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Icelandic Drama in Video

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In our previous post, Iceland, the Next Zimbabwe? A “Riches To Rags” Tale? , we pointed out how the global financial crisis has prompted Ice...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Iceland, the Next Zimbabwe? A “Riches To Rags” Tale?

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Today’s du jour word is “guarantee”. The prevailing belief is that when deposits, loans, or debts are guaranteed by governments, they be...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Has The Global Banking Stress Been a Manifestation of Declining Confidence In The Paper Money System?

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``The business cycle is brought about, not by any mysterious failings of the free market economy, but quite the opposite: By systematic inte...
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