Iceland Jailed Its Bankers, We Elected Their Enabler

What Real Accountability Looks Like (And How We Build It Now)

In Iceland, bankers were led out of courtrooms in handcuffs. In the U.S., they got promoted—and their biggest enabler got the White House.

Reykjavik, 2008. Thousands of Icelanders fill the streets with pots and pans, banging cookware so loud the government can't function. The prime minister resigns in shame. Bankers get handcuffed. The country chooses ju…