Tag: economic hitmen

31 Mar 2008

Iceland a Victim of Financial Assassination?

PK wonders:
The North Atlantic conspiracy

Is Iceland the victim of a financial conspiracy?
Such things really do happen. During the 1997-1998 financial crisis there was, almost certainly, a financial conspiracy against Hong Kong. According to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, several major hedge funds engaged in a “double play”, shorting both the city-state’s stock market and its [...]