''Maybe I Should Have: Frásögn af efnahagsundrinu Íslandi'' ('The Story of the Economic Wonder, Iceland') is an

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

ic documentary film directed by Gunnar Sigurðsson about the causes and effects of the 2008–2012 Icelandic financial crisis. The film touches on a variety of subjects including finance, corruption,

cronyism Cronyism is the spoils system practice of Impartiality, partiality in awarding jobs and other advantages to friends or trusted colleagues, especially in politics and between politicians and supportive organizations. For example, cronyism occurs ...

, nepotism, the privatisation of the Icelandic banking system,

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, connections between

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...

and business, the Kitchenware Revolution, the Citizens' movement, and how the

Icelandic government The politics of Iceland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the president is the head of state, while the prime minister of Iceland serves as the head of government in a multi-party syste ...

reacted to warning signs leading up to the collapse of the banking system in 2008. People who are interviewed include

Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson (born 19 March 1967), known internationally as Thor Bjorgolfsson, and colloquially in Iceland as Bjöggi, is an Icelandic businessman and entrepreneur. He is also chairman and founder of Novator Partners. Björg ...

, William K. Black, Robert Wade, employees at

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Eva Joly Eva Joly (; born Gro Eva Farseth; 5 December 1943) is a Norwegian-born French ''juge d'instruction'' (magistrate) and politician for Europe Écologie–The Greens. She represented that party as a candidate for the presidency of France in the 2012 ...

and

Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (born 21 February 1939) is an Icelandic politician and diplomat. He was Minister of Finance from 1987 to 1988 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1995. He is known in the Baltics as, at his initiative, Icela ...

. In their search for answers the filmmakers travel extensively and among the locations they visit are

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, Guernsey,

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and

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in The British Virgin Islands. Musicians who contributed to the film include Fjallabræður, Magnús Þór Sigmundsson, Hjálmar and KK. The film has been generally well received by critics.borga sig?''
retrieved on 11 January 2010

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* * * http://www.icelandiccinema.com/film/Maybe-I-Should-Have 2010s Icelandic-language films Icelandic documentary films 2010 films 2010 documentary films Documentary films about the Great Recession {{Iceland-film-stub