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The price of civilization : reawakening American virtue and prosperity / Jeffrey D. Sachs.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, c2012.Edition: Random House Trade paperback edDescription: xvi, 328 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0812980468 (pbk.)
  • 9780812980462 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.973 23
LOC classification:
  • HC106.84 .S23 2012
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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Books Books Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology Library Available at Circulation Section 330.973 Sac 2012 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 22043

"With a new preface by the author"--Cover.

Originally published in hardcover version by Random House in 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-307) 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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