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标题：Dependency Theories and the Icelandic Pension Crisis
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作者：Phillip Andrew Smith
期刊名称：Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1944-1088
电子版ISSN：1944-1096
出版年度：2010
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：446-454
出版社：Guild of Independent Scholars
摘要：The collapse of the financial market in 2008 ushered in a new era. No longer can the capitalist worship the gods of profit and sustainable production, instead the dreams of prosperity perished with the hopes of recovering. This work seeks to analyze the Icelandic financial crisis under the Marxist and Neo-Marxist lenses. Iceland was one of the first victims of the financial disaster and represents the prime case study for states that are financially dependent on each other. The systematic destruction is contributed to the global derivatives fall out and the intricate relationship between financial networks that control state treasuries and civilian pension funds. The end result has been catastrophic for civil society in Iceland