The price of civilization : reawakening American virtue and prosperity / Jeffrey D. Sachs.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Random House, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781400068418 (hc : alk. paper)
- 140006841X (hc : alk. paper)
- 9780679605027 (eBook)
- 22 330.973 SAC
- HC106.84 .S23 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-307) and index.
The great crash -- Diagnosing America's economic crisis -- Prosperity lost -- The free-market fallacy -- The retreat from public purpose -- The divided nation -- The new globalization -- The rigged game -- The distracted society -- The path to prosperity -- The mindful society -- Prosperity regained -- Paying for civilization -- The seven habits of highly effective government -- The millennial renewal.
Offers a diagnosis of the country's economic ills and argues that Americans can restore the virtues of fairness, honesty, and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity.
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