The collapse is the most dramatic washout from the global credit crunch, a pyrotechnic demonstration of how the crisis can demolish a once-booming economy.

• 冰岛的崩溃是全球信贷危机带来的最为严重的后果，这也形象揭示了此次危机是如何摧毁一个一度欣欣向荣的经济体的。