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President of Iceland: "Let banks go bankrupt" - VIDEO
- Wednesday, 30 January 2013 08:46
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Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson said part of the country's prescription to growing its economy in the wake of its terrible financial crisis was refusing to bail out the banks and rejecting austerity measures that put the burden on poor and working people.
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