000			01281nam a2200157Ia 4500
020			_a978-1847920935
082			_a330.973 SAC
100			_aSachs, Jeffrey
245			_aPrice of civilization: economics and ethics after the fall
260			_bThe Bodley Head _aLondon _c2011
300			_axv,326 p. _b24 cm ; Pbk
505			_aPart 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.
520			_aWe 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.
650			_aEconomic history _aEconomics - Moral and ethical aspects _aEconomic policy _aPolitics and government
942			_cBK
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