Iceland’s Big Thaw (Published 2011)

Fish Entrepreneur Armann Olafsson, a former member of Parliament and advertising executive, now sells fish products.Credit...Lars Tunbjork for The New York Times If you want to understand what happened in Iceland — the whole story of the crash, the banks failing, the recent signs of recovery — start at the prime minister’s office in downtown Reykjavik and continue east for a bit until you ascend a