A Islândia é sempre uma surpresa e consegue dar a volta, neste caso, porque é pequena? Ou, dito de outra forma, qualquer outro país teria a latitude para o fazer? Cheira-me que não, mas importa reflectir, ou usar como "benchmark"....

Iceland Exits - NYTimes.com: Iceland is no longer under an IMF program; here’s the IMF report (pdf) pronouncing the adjustment program successful. Indeed. Iceland still has high unemployment and is a long way from a full recovery; but it’s no longer in crisis, it has regained access to international capital markets, and has done all that with its society intact.

And it has done all that with very heterodox policies — debt repudiation, capital controls, and currency depreciation. It was as close as you can get to the polar opposite of the gold standard. And it has worked.