Title:
The price of civilization : reawakening American virtue and prosperity / Jeffrey D. Sachs.
Author:
Sachs, Jeffrey.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, c2011.
Call Number:
HC106.84 .S23 2011
Abstract:
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.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781400068418
Physical Description:
324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
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.
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