The NYT reported on the decision of Iceland's parliament to pay $5 billion to British and Dutch depositors. Since most readers are not familiar with the size of Iceland's economy, it would have been useful to point out that this is approximately equal to 30 percent of Iceland's GDP. That would be approximately $4.2 trillion in the United States.
--Dean Baker
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