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The price of civilization : reawakening American virtue and prosperity / Jeffrey D. Sachs.
- Title
- The price of civilization : reawakening American virtue and prosperity / Jeffrey D. Sachs.
- Author
- Sachs, Jeffrey.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Random House, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- 324 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781400068418 (alk. paper)
- 140006841X (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011014631
- 99945657444
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries