The price of civilization : reawakening American virtue and prosperity /
Sachs, Jeffrey
The price of civilization : reawakening American virtue and prosperity / Jeffrey D. Sachs. - New York : Random House, c2011. - 324 p. : ill.
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.
9781400068418 (hc : alk. paper) 140006841X (hc : alk. paper)
Environmental responsibility--United States.
Social responsibility of business--United States.
United States--Economic conditions--2009-
United States--Economic policy--2009-
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
The price of civilization : reawakening American virtue and prosperity / Jeffrey D. Sachs. - New York : Random House, c2011. - 324 p. : ill.
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.
9781400068418 (hc : alk. paper) 140006841X (hc : alk. paper)
Environmental responsibility--United States.
Social responsibility of business--United States.
United States--Economic conditions--2009-
United States--Economic policy--2009-
United States--Politics and government--21st century.