Iceland — named the world’s best country to live in by the U.N. last year — is facing total financial ruin in the fall-out from the global credit crisis.

Read More On guardian.co.uk ›

Dilbert, the Onion and even Paul Bernanke all called the current economic crisis long before it happened, though in very different ways.

The Best Links:

1. “Taxpayers will give us money so we can build overpriced products to sell to taxpayers!”
2. Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’
3. Bernanke’s 1980s Computer Model Predicts Crisis

Bill Gates’ recent call for a “kinder capitalism” meets skepticism online.

The Best Links:

1. Capitalism Is Already Creative!
2. Bill Gates Delivers His Speech About Creative Capitalism
3. 2 Reasons “Creative Capitalism” Makes Little Or No Sense
4. Will This Just End Up Like Compassionate Conservatism?
5. Are Market-Based Solutions Realistic Ways to Reduce Poverty?
6. Creative Capitalism Also Kind to Microsoft’s Pocket Book
7. “Kinder Capitalism” Does Have a Nice Ring to It