Geir Haarde, The Global Economic Crisis: The Case of Iceland

About this Event
18 Jun 2009
www.iiea.com

Title: The Global Economic Crisis: The Case of Iceland


About the speech:

Mr Haarde spoke frankly about recent events, moving from the global to the local to the regional in what was a comprehensive analysis of the global economic crisis from an Icelandic perspective. In a wide-ranging talk, he also shared his thoughts on the reform of financial regulation and supervision in Europe, his experience of dealing with the IMF, the likelihood of Iceland joining the European Union and the ways in which we should prepare for economic recovery.

About the speaker:

Geir H. Haarde was Prime Minister of Iceland from June 2006 to February 2009. A journalist and economist prior to joining Parliament, Mr Haarde has served as both Minister of Finance and Minister for Foreign Affairs and was Chairman of the Icelandic Independence Party until his retirement this year.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• iiea
• IIEA
• Geir Haarde
• iceland
• ireland
• eu
• membership
• Global
• Economic

[ElvarK1]

@Bolero08 roling?

you mean ruling? noone is

[Bolero08]

@ElvarK1 Who is roling the world?

[ElvarK1]

@Bolero08 what?

this is about the economy not jewish people

[Bolero08]

AngryGoyinm.

Icelandic nation and their people even don"t think about Jewish. They don"t know that this people are already here.