. Reread the Country Focus “The IMF and Iceland’s Economic
Recovery,” and then answer the following questions:
a. What were the main causes of Iceland’s economic troubles in 2008?
b. Was Iceland facing a classic currency crisis, or was this a banking
crisis?
c. How did Iceland recover from its 2008–2009 crisis? What are the
important lessons to draw from this case?
d. Iceland did not implement the austerity policies that are so often
associated with IMF loans, and yet the economy recovered. Does this
suggest that austerity policies do not work?
