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The money boom that led to the financial crisis has changed Icelanders’ values.
The banking crash there has hit not only their enviously high standards of living, but the heart of their national identity.
They are bouncing back though, reforming their democracy and doing some soul-searching.
We look at that in this edition of Reporter. Click on the link above to see the programme.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_ic.html
http://www.iceland.is/did-you-know
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