TY - BOOK ID - 135203563 TI - The Triumph of Broken Promises : The End of the Cold War and the Rise of Neoliberalism. PY - 2022 SN - 0674275802 PB - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Bank/banking. KW - Berlin Wall. KW - Capitalism. KW - Communism. KW - Democracy. KW - Diplomacy. KW - Finance. KW - Great Britain. KW - Hungary. KW - International Monetary Fund. KW - Nuclear weapons. KW - Oil. KW - Paul Volcker. KW - Perestroika. KW - Protest. KW - Revolution. KW - Sovereign debt. KW - Soviet Union. KW - Thatcherism. KW - United States. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135203563 AB - Communist and capitalist states alike were scarred by the economic shocks of the 1970s. Why did only communist governments fall in their wake? Fritz Bartel argues that Western democracies were insulated by neoliberalism. While austerity was fatal to the legitimacy of communism, democratic politicians could win votes by pushing market discipline. ER -