The price of civilization : reawakening American virtue and prosperity /
Jeffrey D. Sachs.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Random House, c2011.
- 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-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.