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Wishful thinking in press and politics? "Cultural subsidy saves Iceland's economy"

It is as persistent as the message that everything is better in Germany. Infatuated lovers of culture who still (and rightly) resent the breaking up of the status quo by Rutte I's hate policies often shout it. We wrote before that the German miracle is disappointing to say the least, and now have to report here that Iceland's creative sector boom is not obviously the salvation of the Icelandic economy.

Source of the success story is a rather WC Duck-like situati...

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009. Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.View Author posts

It is as persistent as the message that everything is better in Germany. Infatuated lovers of culture who still (and rightly) resent the breaking up of the status quo by Rutte I's hate policies often shout it. We wrote before that the German miracle is disappointing to say the least, and now have to report here that Iceland's creative sector boom is not obviously the salvation of the Icelandic economy.

Source of the success story is a rather WC Duck-like situati...

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