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In reply to the discussion: Iceland Gets it right~ Why No media coverage? [View all]Scuba
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Also we don't have the rapid change from a parliamentary system. They game between elections.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#37
Your answer is in your title -- because they got it right. And because "right" means that the
Nay
Apr 2012
#9
"Storytime" - interesting choice of words considering your post's basis in reality...
ExPatLeftist
Apr 2012
#23
From an expat living in Iceland for 16 years (and an Icelandic citizen) this is mostly inaccurate.
ExPatLeftist
Apr 2012
#21
Thanks for writing this, this is the very first thing I saw this morning and was
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#31
exactly! the banks everywhere have been ripping off the people for years--why should we pay
librechik
Apr 2012
#22
Yes, after much suffering under IMF rules, Argentina defaulted on its debt
Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2012
#48