Price of Civilization Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity

Name: Price of Civilization Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
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ISBN: 9781400068418

ISBN-10: 140006841X

ISBN-13: 9781400068418

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jeffrey D. Sachs

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One of the world’s most brilliant economists and the bestselling author of The End of Poverty and Common Wealth, Jeffrey Sachs has written a new book that is essential reading for every American. The Price of Civilization is the blueprint for America’s economic recovery. It is also the story of how America can and must restore the virtues of fairness, honesty, and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity.As he has done in dozens of countries around the world in the midst of economic crisis, Sachs turns his unique diagnostic skills to what ails the American economy. He finds that both political parties have missed the big picture: how globalization has reshaped economic life in…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/4/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English




The Great Crash



Diagnosing America's Economic Crisis



Prosperity Lost



The Free-Market Fallacy



Washington's 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


Acknowledgments


Further Readings


Notes


Works Cited


Index