April 8, 2016· 29 min

23: Iceland Jailed Its Bad Bankers But People Are Still Angry

Orality

Model

70%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,016 words)

M:28%

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,263 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic32%

literally, completely, massive

Engagement50%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, so

Repetition100%

they (58x), iceland (40x), what (37x)

Parallelism92%

And I'm Joe Weisenthal, managi..., So glad to be back on Odd Lots..., And boy, are those the topics ...

Sound Patterns49%

25 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases4%

i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging13%

might, could, may

Passive Voice13%

were then, was suckered, were taken

Abstract Nouns24%

investment, recommendation, intersection

Subordination10%

because, while, although

Sentence Length39%

Avg: 14.8 words/sentence

Word Complexity49%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers6%

according to

Impersonal Style50%

252 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style100%

literally, completely, naturally

Description

Iceland is known for geothermal beauty, fishing and as the birthplace of Bjork. It also made international headlines in 2008 thanks to a banking crisis that tipped the country into recession and reverberated around Europe. Now, Iceland is back in the headlines after the leak of the so-called Panama Papers unveiled offshore accounts held by Iceland's prime minister and sparked mass protests that eventually unseated him. While the island nation is one of the few countries that sent bankers to prison after the financial crisis, discontent remains rife among its small population, underscored by the rise of the anti-establishment Pirate Party. Joining us to discuss all things Icelandic are Edward Robinson and Omar Valdimarsson, authors of Welcome to Iceland, Where Bad Bankers Go to Prison from the latest edition of Bloomberg Markets magazine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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