Nick Baumann |
I cover national politics and civil liberties issues for the Washington, DC bureau of Mother Jones. I have also written for The Economist, the Washington Monthly, the Atlantic, and Commonweal. Email me at nbaumann [at] motherjones [dot] com. |
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Notes"Iceland’s economy will this year outgrow the euro area and the developed world on average, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates. It costs about the same to insure against an Icelandic default as it does to guard against a credit event in Belgium. Most polls now show Icelanders don’t want to join the European Union, where the debt crisis is in its third year."This is a story about how unorthodox policy measures can work.
Icelandic Anger Brings Debt Forgiveness in Best Recovery Story
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NotesThis is a video of the Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men performing their song Little Talks in their living room. It’s a great song. (via Seattle’s kexpradio.)
