Scandinavian Monetary Union after Iceland was elevated to a separate kingdom in union with Denmark in 1918. Iceland cut its ties to Denmark in 1944 and became a republic. The Icelandic króna soon became volatile, causing a high inflation and in 1980 a currency reform was introduced, in which 1 new Icelandic króna was set to 100 original ones.. The Scandinavian Monetary Union was inspired by the Latin Monetary Union, established in 1865. According to economic historians Ingrid Henriksen and Niels Kærgård:Was the Scandinavian Currency Union a success? Yes and no. When the Union functioned at its best, which was only from 1901
Basic income around the world citizen an unconditional basic income. Although the next parliamentary election in Iceland will not be held before April 2017, as of March 2016 the Icelandic Pirate Party has held an overall lead in opinion polls since April 2015. Currently the chief advocacy group is Basic Income Ireland, a member of BIEN. Social Justice Ireland has produced a fully costed proposal for 2012. Before that, the main advocate was CORI (Conference of Religious of Ireland), one of the social partners. Politically, the Green Party and Fianna Fail (the latter as of July 2015) favour a Basic Income. As part of the