The price of civilization
Subtitle: economics and ethics after the fall
By: by Jeffrey Sachs
Publisher: Bodley Head
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781847920928; 9781847920935
Subjects: Economic history; Economics; Sociological aspects; Moral and ethical aspects; Economic conditions; Economic policy; Environmental responsibility; Social responsibility of business; Politics and government; Wirtschaftswissenschaften; Wirtschaftssoziologie; Wirtschaftspolitik; Wirtschaftsethik; Ekonomisk politik; Ekonomiska förhållanden
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: The great crash. Diagnosing America's economic crisis; title: Prosperity lost; title: The free-market fallacy; title: Washington's retreat from public purpose; title: The divided nation; title: The new globalization; title: The rigged game; title: The distracted society; title: Part II: The path to prosperity. The mindful society; title: Prosperity regained; title: Paying for civilization; title: The seven habits of highly effective government; title: The millennial renewal.