The price of civilization : reawakening American virtue and prosperity / Jeffrey D. Sachs.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 140006841X
- ISBN: 9781400068418
- Physical Description: 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-307) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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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| Jacksonville Main Library | 330.973 SAC (Text) | 36015000672481 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | 330.973 S (Text) | 34208202204896 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | 330.973 S (Text) | 39149006515852 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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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.
