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Should we allow banks to fail?
After the global financial crisis of 2008, Iceland allowed its banks to fail and prosecuted its bankers. Dr Jay Cullen teaches banking and finance law at the University of Sheffield in the UK. Why didn鈥檛 countries where banks went bust follow Iceland鈥檚 example?
[Photo: Logo of the Central Bank of Iceland. Credit: Getty Images]
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