{"product_id":"9781137358196","title":"Bringing Down the Banking System: Lessons from Iceland","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBringing Down the Banking System: Lessons from Iceland\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eJohnsen, G.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe combined collapse of Iceland's three largest banks in 2008 is the third  largest bankruptcy in history and the largest banking system collapse suffered  by any country in modern economic history, relative to GDP. How could tiny  Iceland build a banking system in less than a decade that proportionally  exceeded Switzerland's? Why did the bankers decide to grow the system so fast?  How did businesses tunnel money out of the banking system? And why didn't  anybody stop them? Bringing Down the Banking  System answers these questions. Gudrun Johnsen, Senior Researcher with  Iceland's Special Investigation Commission, tells the riveting story of the rise  and fall of the Icelandic banking system, describes the Commission's findings on  the damaging effects of holding company cross-ownership, and explains what we  can learn from it all.\u0026lt;\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2014-01-09\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137358196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9781137347350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 243\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430836584588,"sku":"9781137358196","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137358196.jpg?v=1775880472","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781137358196","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}