Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse

Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse
Author(s)	Philipp Bagus and David Howden
Country	United States
Subject(s)	Economic history
Genre(s)	Non-fiction
Publisher	Ludwig von Mises Institute
Publication date	2011
Media type	Print, Digital
Pages	156 p.
ISBN	9781933550343

Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse is a book by Philipp Bagus and David Howden. Using the real world economic history of Iceland the text provides a case study in one country facing a banking crisis at the hands of its central bank. It provides a roadmap to anyone who wants to understand where these crises stem from, and how to avoid them in the future.

See also

• Central banking

Links

• Full text at the Liberty Archive

• Resources page at Mises.org
  • Chapter 1 (Introduction) "When Iceland Totally Froze"
  • Chapter 3 "The IMF and Moral Hazard"
• Articles, essays and reviews
  • "Deep Freeze: The Story of Iceland" by Jeffrey Tucker, March 2011
  • "Rethinking Iceland's Recovery" by David Howden, March 2011
  • Cobden Centre review: "Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse" by Andy Duncan, May 2011 (republished as Mises Daily here)
  • "Qualitative Easing and the Crisis – Iceland Cometh?" by David Howden, December 2009
  • "Iceland's Banking Crisis: The Meltdown of an Interventionist Financial System" by Philipp Bagus and David Howden, June 2009
  • "Iceland Shows Default Doesn’t Lead to a Deep Freeze" by Daniel Gross, June 2011

• Other media
  • In Studio: "Currency and Economic Collapse" interview with Philipp Bagus, March 2011 (YouTube)
  • Cobden Centre Radio: "Europe's Deep Freeze of Debt" interview with David Howden, May 2011
  • Cobden Centre Radio: "Philip Bagus Interview" March 2011
  • Authors Forum: "Tragedy of the Euro & Deep Freeze" lecture by Philipp Bagus, March 2011 (YouTube)

• Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse at Wikipedia