Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

Question: If you had distill this chapter down to 2-3 takeaways, What would they be? What should we be sure to walk away with from this chapter?

Book : Naked Economics: Undressing the dismal science chapter 11

TOPIC: How did a nice country like Iceland go bust?

Author: Charles Wheelan

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Monetary value fluctuates within a country. The exchange rate is used to keep currency fair in international trading. The interesting thing is that official exchange rates deviate wildly from what purchasing power parity would predict. The reason for this lies in the distinction between services and goods that are tradable versus those that are not tradable.