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The Price of Civilization : Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity / Jeffrey D. Sachs.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Random HouseCopyright date: ©2011Edition: First editionDescription: 324 pages illustrations 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
  • Any audience
ISBN:
  • 9781400068418 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 140006841X (hc : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.973 22
  • 330.973 14
LOC classification:
  • HC106.84 .S23 2011
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.
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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Books John Tomay Memorial Library ANF 330.97 SAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31030100071752

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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