The euro is a disaster even for the countries that do everything right

Re:The euro is a disaster even for the countries that do eve... by stannol on Monday July 20, 2015 @03:12AM (#9914428)

I wish people would stop taking Iceland as an example for pretty much anything. They basically have two industries (Fishing and aluminium) and only 300 000 people, they are a very special case and comparisons rarely make sense.

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Re:The euro is a disaster even for the countries that do eve... by Cthulhu_ on Monday July 20, 2015 @03:31AM (#9914481)

And Eve Online, I guess. 300K is even less than I thought that country has. We (NL)'ve got more unemployed, elderly/retired, children, etc than that. Of course the ratio will probably be about equal, but yeah, can't compare a 300.000 people economy with a 17 million and 5.5 million one.

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Re:The euro is a disaster even for the countries that do eve... by techman9 on Monday July 20, 2015 @03:34AM (#9914493)

Does Bjork count as an industry?

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Re:The euro is a disaster even for the countries that do eve... by mseebach on Monday July 20, 2015 @05:21AM (#9914852)

She lives in New York and her label is London-based. If she does count as an industry, it's not an Icelandic one.

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Re:The euro is a disaster even for the countries that do eve... by AndrewKemendo on Monday July 20, 2015 @03:25AM (#9914460)

In that case, Vladivostok would be a great comparison metric also!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivostok

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Re:The euro is a disaster even for the countries that do eve... by robin_reala on Monday July 20, 2015 @03:41AM (#9914523)

Iceland’s tourism industry is now bigger than fishing as of 2015.

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