Poor Richard's principle
Subtitle: recovering the American dream through the moral dimension of work, business, and money
By: Robert Wuthnow.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: Work -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Money -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Business ethics -- United States; Social values -- United States; Work and family -- United States; United States -- Moral conditions
Description: The American Dream is in serious danger, according to Robert Wuthnow - not because of economic conditions, but because its moral underpinnings have been forgotten. In the past this vision was not simply a formula for success, but a moral perspective that framed our thinking about work and money in terms of broader commitments to family, community, and humanitarian values.

Nowadays, we are working harder than ever, and yet many of us feel that we are not realizing our higher aspirations as individuals or as a people. Here Wuthnow examines the struggles in which American families are now engaged as they try to balance work and family, confront the pressures of consumerism, and find meaning in their careers.

He suggests that we can find economic instruction and inspiration in the nation's past - in such figures as Benjamin Franklin, for instance, who was at once the prudent Poor Richard, the engaged public person, and the enthusiastic lover of life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-426) and index.