{"product_id":"a-world-safe-for-capitalism-9780231125864","title":"A World Safe for Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis award-winning book provides a unique window on how America began to intervene in world affairs. In exploring what might be called the prehistory of Dollar Diplomacy  Cyrus Veeser brings together developments in New York  Washington  Santo Domingo  Brussels  and London. Theodore Roosevelt plays a leading role in the story as do State Department officials  Caribbean rulers  Democratic party leaders  bankers  economists  international lawyers  sugar planters  and European bondholders  among others.  The book recounts a little-known incident: the takeover by the Santo Domingo Improvement Company (SDIC) of the foreign debt  national railroad  and national bank of the Dominican Republic. The inevitable conflict between private interest and public policy led President Roosevelt to launch a sweeping new policy that became known as the Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. The corollary gave the U. S. the right to intervene anywhere in Latin American that \"wrongdoing or impotence\" (in T. R.s words) threatened \"civilized society.\" The \"wrongdoer\" in this case was the SDIC. Imposing government control over corporations was launched and became a hallmark of domestic policy. By proposing an economic remedy to a political problem  the book anticipates policies embodied in the Marshall Plan  the International Monetary Fund  and the World Bank.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67904771031093,"sku":"ByrdShop_0231125860","price":77.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780231125864.jpg?v=1793852078","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-world-safe-for-capitalism-9780231125864","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}