SCOTONOMICS Ep Ten
ICELAND
Part of the Small Nation Series
An in-depth look at the wonderful land and interesting economy of Iceland with Olafur Margeirsson, an economist and an alternate member of the Supervisory Board of the Central Bank of Iceland.
03:30 A short story from COP 25 (in the leadup to COP 26)
04:10 Introduction to Olafur Margeirsson
05:15 Introduction to Iceland
06:05 The Icelandic Krona
07:25 How did Iceland deal with the financial crash in 2008
10:40 The crash had been long coming in Iceland
12:30 How did the Icelandic central bank support the Icelandic economy?
13:00 The Sustainable Growth Commission suggests that an independent Scotland would keep the BoE as its central bank – what Olafur thinks of that
14:30 The mortgage system in Iceland is a huge problem for the Icelandic economy
17:00 How the Krona affected the financial crash in Iceland
17:45 The importance of the central bank Iceland was able to keep trading
20:00 Iceland’s huge energy resources
21:00 How the Icelandic economy changed from 2008 – trying to be more green
27:20 The weakness of the Icelandic economy is the lack of diversity: the opposite of Scotland
29:40 How cheap renewable energy production leads to cheap energy for consumers (unlike the UK)
30:50 What role has privatisation played in Iceland compared to UK and by extension Scotland
35:00 How the Icelandic nation work towards national goals
39:00 Where Iceland (initially got) its wealth
39:30 NATO and membership of the European Economic Area ( EEA )
43:20 Iceland’s social security system and the POWER of their own currency
Gehigarriak:
Eredu baten bila: Islandia ala Eskozia?
Islandiari buruzko zenbait berri
Islandiak zuzen egin zuen… beste guztiak oker egiten ari dira
Azken berriak: Islandiak irabazi du
Islandiako presidentea, argiago ezin
Islandia eta DTM (Bill Mitchell-en eskutik) (1)
Islandia eta DTM (Bill Mitchell-en eskutik) (2)
Islandia eta DTM (Bill Mitchell-en eskutik) (3)
Islandia eta DTM (Bill Mitchell-en eskutik) (eta 4)
Islandiatik ateratako irakaspenak
Islandiak frogatzen du nazio-estatua bizirik eta ongi dagoela (1)
Islandiak frogatzen du nazio-estatua bizirik eta ongi dagoela (eta 2)
Islandiako konstituzioaz hitz bi
Islandiako konstituzioaz hitz bi
Islandia: emakumeen garrantzia
Islandia eta genero desberdintasuna: alokairu berdinetarantz
Islandia: moneta propioaren garrantzia
Islandia, 10 urte beranduago. Turismoaren garrantzia
Islandia: eredurik ereduena (segida)
Islandiako ekonomiari buruzko tesi on bat
Bill Mitchell: Eskozia, Islandia, Katalunia,… Euskal Herria
Islandia: elkarrizketa Olafur Margeirsson-ekin
Gehigarri bereziak:
Unique Iceland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vylAqx4Qjk
Unique Iceland: East of Iceland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEh8fOGPi8g
Unique North of Iceland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNpOzxHF1Gk
Unique Iceland South
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn8dESEFeBc
Unique Iceland: Vestmannaeyjar – Westman Islands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gst33m1uso
Unique Iceland: Westfjords
