Gambling debt Iceland's rise and fall in the global economy
Gambling Debt is a game-changing contribution to the discussion of economic crises and neoliberal financial systems and strategies. Iceland's 2008 financial collapse was the first case in a series of meltdowns, a warning of danger in the global order. This full-scale anthropology of financializ...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder, CO
University Press of Colorado
2014
Boulder, Colorado : [2015] |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425397906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The Banality of Financial Evil
- Prolugue: Some Poetic Thoughts Concerning Meltdowns
- Before the Beginning
- 1: Vikings Invade Present-Day Iceland
- 2: Exploiting Icelandic History
- 3: Free Market Ideology, Crony Capitalism, and Social Resilience
- 4: A Day in the Life of an Icelandic Banker
- 5: Something Rotten in the State of Iceland
- After the Crash
- 6: Overthrowing the Government
- 7: "Welcome to the Revolution!"
- 8: Creativity and Crisis
- The Magic of "Virtual" Fish
- 9: Groundtruthing Individual Transferable Quotas
- 10: Virtual Fish Stink, Too
- 11: The Resilience of Rural Iceland
- 12: When Fishing Rights Go Up against Human Rights
- The Crash and Communities
- 13: Schools in Two Communities Weather the Crash
- 14: What Happened to the Migrant Workers?
- 15: Icelandic Language Schools after the Crash
- 16: Charity in Pre- and Post-Crisis Iceland
- Summing Up
- Epilogue: The Neoliberal Con
- Retrospect
- References
- Index.
