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Is Iceland’s Latest Economic Boom Different Than the Last One?

Is Iceland’s Latest Economic Boom Different Than the Last One?
Former Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson speaks during a parliamentary session, Reykjavik, Iceland, April 4, 2016 (AP photo by Brynjar Gunnarsson).

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss the rhetoric and reality of the crisis over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. For the Report, Thorgils Jonsson talks with Peter Dörrie about Iceland’s path back from economic disaster, and whether today’s economic boom is different than the last one.

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