images (140×140)   Dow University of Health Sciences Library Catalogue

Welcome to Dow University of Health Sciences Library Online Public Access Catalog

Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Coce

The price of civilization : reawakening American virtue and prosperity / Jeffrey D. Sachs.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Random House, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780679605027
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC 106 .S23 2011
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Call number Status
Books Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences HC 106 .S23 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.



©2026, All rights reserved. Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.