Dear United States, Welcome to the Third World!:Your policies of free-
market extremism, irresponsible government deregulation in critical
sectors allowed you to develop an energy crisis, a housing crisis, a
credit crisis and a financial market crisis, all at once
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The community of poor nations welcomes you
By Rosa Brooks
Last update: September 19, 2008 - 12:24 PM
Dear United States, Welcome to the Third World!
It’s not every day that a superpower makes a bid to transform itself
into a Third World nation, and we here at the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund want to be among the first to welcome you
to the community of states in desperate need of international economic
assistance. As you spiral into a catastrophic financial meltdown, we
are delighted to respond to your Treasury Department’s request that we
undertake a joint stability assessment of your financial sector. In
these turbulent times, we can provide services ranging from subsidized
loans to expert advisers willing to perform an emergency overhaul of
your entire government.
As you know, some outside intervention in your economy is overdue.
Last week -- even before Wall Street’s latest collapse -- 13 former
finance ministers convened at the University of Virginia and agreed...