Price of civilization: economics and ethics after the fall
Sachs, Jeffrey
Price of civilization: economics and ethics after the fall - London The Bodley Head 2011 - xv,326 p. 24 cm ; Pbk
Part I: 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 --
Part II: The path to prosperity. The mindful society --
Prosperity regained --
Paying for civilization --
The seven habits of highly effective government --
The millennial renewal.
We have less time for the needed global transformation than many had hoped or expected. Resource scarcity is already upon us in the form of soaring oil and food prices and a cascade of climate shocks.
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.
978-1847920935
Economic history
Economics - Moral and ethical aspects
Economic policy
Politics and government
330.973 SAC
Price of civilization: economics and ethics after the fall - London The Bodley Head 2011 - xv,326 p. 24 cm ; Pbk
Part I: 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 --
Part II: The path to prosperity. The mindful society --
Prosperity regained --
Paying for civilization --
The seven habits of highly effective government --
The millennial renewal.
We have less time for the needed global transformation than many had hoped or expected. Resource scarcity is already upon us in the form of soaring oil and food prices and a cascade of climate shocks.
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.
978-1847920935
Economic history
Economics - Moral and ethical aspects
Economic policy
Politics and government
330.973 SAC