TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sachs, Jeffrey
TI  - Price of civilization: economics and ethics after the fall
SN  - 978-1847920935
U1  - 330.973 SAC 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - The Bodley Head
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Economics - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -