TY - BOOK AU - Haskin,Jeanne M. TI - From conflict to crisis: the danger of U.S. actions SN - 9780875869629 AV - HF1456.5.C4 U1 - 337.730728 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Algora Publishing KW - Neoliberalism KW - United States KW - Business cycles KW - Capitalism KW - Néo-libéralisme KW - États-Unis KW - Cycles économiques KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - International KW - Economics KW - bisacsh KW - General KW - fast KW - International economic relations KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Central America KW - Amérique centrale KW - Relations économiques extérieures KW - Electronic books KW - Reference works KW - lcgft KW - Ouvrages de référence KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Unearthing the bones -- Instilling the illusion of choice -- Political strategizing -- Behavioral economics -- Favoring old money over new -- Making the world safe for finance -- The colonial history of Belize -- Belize : party politics and debt -- Belize : recommendations of the IMF -- Nicaragua 1522-1939 -- Nicaragua : the Somoza dynasty -- Nicaragua : opposition to the Sandinistas -- Nicaragua : implementing neoliberalism -- El Salvador : the military and the oligarchy -- El Salvador : the war and its aftermath -- Honduras : the impact of the contras -- Fast-forward to a volatile USA -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - A society that is reared on competition will face unsettling challenges to authority if it doesn't set certain functions outside the arena of battle, via systematic enrichment of the affluent minority that has always had the power to topple and ruin the system. Today's preoccupation with America's revolutionary history is not just a piece of theater. At the heart of America's outrage is an inability to lash out and demand redemption from the source of its distress because the pain is inflicted, not by hatred, but by the fundamental lack of stability built into our way of life. Now that a fifth UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=521633 ER -