Look Toward Iceland for Economic Relief
As Iceland’s economy is suffering just like the rest of us maybe we should look to them for some solutions. Remember the Library, the typewriter, the sewing machine? Iceland does. Iceland Review Online had the following to say:
Strip a nation of its financial stability, its currency and its good name, and you’ll find a sad nation indeed. But deprive a Nordic country of its IKEA, and you’ll see what desperation means. While the de facto palace of Icelandic consumerism hasn’t shut its doors, the nation was dealt a crippling blow to the wallet when it unsuspectingly opened its papers and, to its collective horror, discovered that IKEA had raised its prices by 25 percent. In fact, many of the trendy brands Icelanders have come to associate with their sleek, modern identity – like Apple, Range Rover and Prada – are being forced to raise prices and, in some extreme cases, return merchandise to manufacturers. But like an amputee who continues to feel the tingle of his severed toes, the nation still seeks to flex its materialist muscle with puny purses. The buying frenzy has simply been relocated to the aisles of Gódi Hirdirinn, Reykjavík’s outlet for second-hand shopping. Who needs MacBooks when we have typewriters? With a treadle sewing machine you can make your own fashion! Perhaps the nation of trendsetters is simply ahead of the curve—as economies fail around the globe it appears that thrift is the new black this season.
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June 27, 2009 2:47 pm
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