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Iceland, Ireland and the euro crisis

Financial panics

The collapse of Iceland's banks in 2008, Ireland's property and banking bust, and the euro area's debt crisis.

13 books on Iceland, Ireland and the euro crisis, recommended by 3 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Alfred Lin.

13 books · 4 experts

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  1. Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic TigerFintan O'Toole, 2009
  2. The Icelandic Financial CrisisAsgeir Jonsson, Hersir Sigurgeirsson, 2016
  3. Meltdown IcelandRoger Boyes, 2009
  4. Why Iceland?Ásgeir Jónsson, 2009
  5. Anglo Republic: Inside the Bank That Broke IrelandSimon Carswell, 2011

The best books on Iceland, Ireland and the euro crisis 13

Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger
T2 Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger
Fintan O'Toole · 2009
Written in the wreckage; angry but specific about tax breaks, planning and regulatory capture.
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The Icelandic Financial CrisisThe Icelandic Financial Crisis
T2 The Icelandic Financial Crisis
Asgeir Jonsson, Hersir Sigurgeirsson · 2016
The fullest technical account of the collapse and the capital-controls recovery.
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Meltdown IcelandMeltdown Iceland
T3 Meltdown Iceland
Roger Boyes · 2009
Contemporaneous reporting on the collapse and the Icesave dispute.
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Why Iceland?Why Iceland?
T3 Why Iceland?
Ásgeir Jónsson · 2009
By Kaupthing's former chief economist; insider view of the funding model that failed.
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Anglo Republic: Inside the Bank That Broke IAnglo Republic: Inside the Bank That Broke Ireland
T3 Anglo Republic: Inside the Bank That Broke Ireland
Simon Carswell · 2011
The best forensic account: Anglo Irish Bank's loan book, the Quinn stake and the guarantee night.
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The FitzPatrick TapesThe FitzPatrick Tapes
T3 The FitzPatrick Tapes
Tom Lyons, Brian Carey · 2011
Anglo Irish Bank's chairman in his own words, from recorded interviews.
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The Fall of the Celtic Tiger: Ireland and thThe Fall of the Celtic Tiger: Ireland and the Euro Debt Crisis
T3 The Fall of the Celtic Tiger: Ireland and the Euro Debt Crisis
Donal Donovan, Antoin E. Murphy · 2013
Sober macro account by a former IMF official; the counterweight to the journalism.
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Bringing Down the Banking System: Lessons frBringing Down the Banking System: Lessons from Iceland
T3 Bringing Down the Banking System: Lessons from Iceland
Gudrun Johnsen · 2014
By an investigator on the Special Investigation Commission; connected lending and cross-ownership.
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Iceland and the International Financial CrisIceland and the International Financial Crisis
T3 Iceland and the International Financial Crisis
Eirikur Bergmann · 2014
Political economy of the boom, the Icesave dispute and the aftermath.
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Iceland's Secret
T3 Iceland's Secret
Jared Bibler · 2021
Insider account by the investigator who built the market-manipulation cases.
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The Bankers: How the Banks Brought Ireland tThe Bankers: How the Banks Brought Ireland to Its Knees
T4 The Bankers: How the Banks Brought Ireland to Its Knees
Shane Ross · 2009
Board-level reporting on the Irish banks and their regulators.
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Boomerang: Travels in the New Third WorldBoomerang: Travels in the New Third World
T4 Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Michael Lewis · 2011
The Greece chapter on hidden deficits, the tax base and off-balance-sheet borrowing.
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Recommended byMohnish PabraiAlfred LinThe Barefoot Investor
Iceland's Financial Crisis
T4 Iceland's Financial Crisis
Valur Ingimundarson, Philippe Urfalino, Irma Erlingsdottir · 2016
Academic collection on blame, protest and institutional reconstruction after 2008.
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