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CompuSchmooze Podcast #26: A conversation about the Icelandic Economic Collapse with Hjörtur Smárason, Social Media Consultant
In June, the International Association of Online Communicators (IAOC) held its international conference in Reykjavik, Iceland. In October, the Icelandic economy collapsed, the three largest banks were nationalized, and tens of thousands of Icelanders found themselves unable to withdraw money from their savings accounts to pay for ordinary expenses. Mortgages and car loans written in foreign currencies became impossibly expensive, and the country's government went hat in hand to the International Monetary Fund and even to Russia for foreign aid.
In the forthcoming Fall issue of Attitudes, the…
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