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constitutional bill are impossible to establish, an analysis of the Icelandic constitution-writing efforts as 'digital democracy …
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To understand Iceland's political situation, it is necessary to consider the historical background to the post …
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This paper reports recent events in Iceland where the political agents of oligarchs didn't even bother to try to … simply find ways to nullify the outcome ex post. The paper reviews and explains the making of Iceland's crowd … fixed ex post, but this is what the Icelandic Parliament is at present trying to do, flirting with a farewell to democracy. …
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This paper reviews aspects of the constitution making process in Iceland after the financial collapse of 2008 …, emphasizing the differences between the provisional constitution of 1944 when Iceland separated unilaterally from Nazi …-occupied Denmark and Denmark's 1849 constitution which served, with notable exceptions, as the prototype for Iceland’s 1944 …
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. In the longer run, however, a trade-off between diversification and climate action emerges. We derive the optimal carbon …
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until 2008 with the experience of Sweden and Iceland. The working hypothesis is that social capital decay can be a precursor … as well as consequence of slow economic growth and of financial crises. Iceland is a case in point. An increasingly …
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This paper reviews economic developments in Iceland following its financial collapse in 2008, focusing on causes and … developments elsewhere on the periphery of Europe, in Greece, Ireland, and Portugal. In some ways, however, Iceland resembles Italy …
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The paper discusses the European Union as a union of primarily small European states, a union whose parallel emphasis on efficiency and fairness, including deep respect for human rights, holds the key to Europe's economic and social advances over the years. The paper shows that adjusting...
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article aims to show why Iceland, after its financial collapse in 2008, is now at last on the road to adopting a new …
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There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want to compensate others for their misfortune, while they allow them to enjoy the fruits of their effort. This paper introduces fairness in a tax-benefit scheme that is based on several characteristics in order to...
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