01660cam a22002775a 4500 17798238 20151103191413.0 130701t2014 nyua frb 001 0 eng d 9781137455574 (paperback) DLC eng DLC DLC EG-ScBUE e-ic--- 332.1094912 23 JOH Johnsen, Gudrun. 38644 Bringing down the banking system : lessons from Iceland / Gudrun Johnsen. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c.2014. xxii, 243 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Index : p. 233-243. Bibliography : p. 227-232. Background -- Illusion of prosperity -- Collapse -- August 8, 2007 : subprime crisis enters the spotlight -- October 6, 2008 : God bless Iceland -- Panic -- Investigation -- Financial liberalization -- How did the bankers do it? -- Funding the banks -- The geyser crisis -- Love letters to the rescue -- Playing tricks on the European Central Bank -- Why did the bankers do it? -- The web of ownership -- Tunneling money through related party lending -- Market manipulation and falsification of equity -- Wages of failure -- Why didn't anybody stop the bankers? -- Funded by the ill-informed -- Debt free state, isolated and without credit -- Putting a poodle on the watch -- What have we learned?. Bank failures Iceland History 21st century. BUEsh Banks and banking Corrupt practices Iceland History 21st century. BUEsh Bank management Iceland History 21st century. BUEsh BUEsh BUSECO June2015 November2015 ddc 19671 19643 0 0 ddc 0 0 Alahram MAIN MAIN 1ST 2015-06-15 Purchase 332.00 316 1 4 332.1094912 JOH 000038614 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2015-11-09 415.00 BB