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I didn't know that Iceland was considered to have corruption in any meaningful quantity! I faintly recall a study (by an Icelandic economist, if memory serves)
by alexeisadeski3 13y ago
I didn't know that Iceland was considered to have corruption in any meaningful quantity!
I faintly recall a study (by an Icelandic economist, if memory serves) which showed that Iceland had one of the lowest "corruption ratings" in the entire world! Perhaps I or the study are mistaken. Wouldn't be the first time.
- kzrdude 13y agoIt's a so small country that family and friend ties in government and administration are hard to avoid, for one thing. The examples of corruption I'm thinking of are all related to the financial crash and Icesave scandal in Iceland.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoHmmm. Just read over the Icesave Scandal wiki. Doesn't looks os much like corruption as it does the Icelandic government trying to mitigate/avoid the large deposit insurance payments they'd otherwise be required to pay. Normally most people consider corruption to be some kind of private-public intermingling. But this was all about the public side trying to protect itself (I think?).
- kzrdude 13y agoFormer PM Geir Haarde was on trial for his involvement. The powerful pretty much went in lockstep, with the smoking hot icelandic economy after a growing banking sector, it looked like every icelander benefitted, being able to take loans and buying multiple cars. With the "success", the people in charge let themselves be instruments of a run away modern high-risk banking sector, not their doing their job as regulators. http://www.voxeu.org/article/government-failures-iceland-entranced-banking http://www.voxeu.org/article/government-failures-iceland-ent...