The Price of Civilization : : Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
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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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781400068418
140006841X
SUBJECTS
Environmental responsibility.
Social responsibility of business.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.