The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity by Sachs

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Publication Date
2011-11-09
Pages
324
ISBN
9781400068418
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
140006841X
ISBN-13
9781400068418
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16038832134

Product Key Features

Book Title
Price of Civilization : Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Economic History, Business Ethics, Poverty & Homelessness, Economic Conditions, United States / 21st Century, American Government / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Author
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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Trade
LCCN
2011-014631
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Praise for THE PRICE OF CIVILIZATION " An important assessment of what ails America, and a must-read for policymakers."-- Kirkus Reviews "Best known for advising postcommunist and impoverished countries on development strategies, economist Sachs ( Common Wealth ) takes on the cesspool of debt, backwardness, and corruption that is the United States in this hard-hitting brief for a humane economy... a must-read for every concerned citizen. "-- Publishers Weekly , starred review "There is no shortage of books on why laissez-faire is bad theory and dangerous practice. For a succinct, humane, and politically astute tour of the horizon, it's hard to improve on Sachs's The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity. "-- The American Prospect "Jeffrey Sachs's new book is a landmark in this great and essentially American tradition , setting out with luminous clarity the narrative and the analysis of how the US and the wider world has been traduced and seduced by debased ideology, racist reflexes and huge vested interests from its liberal and enlightened roots. Indeed, Sachs by his life and his writing goes far to restore one's wavering faith in the informing inspiration of the post-1945 new dawn, faith in economics, faith in America and faith in humanity ."-- The Spectator From the Hardcover edition., Praise for THE PRICE OF CIVILIZATION " An important assessment of what ails America, and a must-read for policymakers."-- Kirkus Reviews "Best known for advising postcommunist and impoverished countries on development strategies, economist Sachs ( Common Wealth ) takes on the cesspool of debt, backwardness, and corruption that is the United States in this hard-hitting brief for a humane economy... a must-read for every concerned citizen. "-- Publishers Weekly , starred review, Praise for THE PRICE OF CIVILIZATION "An important assessment of what ails America, and a must-read for policymakers."-- Kirkus Reviews, Praise for THE PRICE OF CIVILIZATION " An important assessment of what ails America, and a must-read for policymakers."-- Kirkus Reviews "Best known for advising postcommunist and impoverished countries on development strategies, economist Sachs ( Common Wealth ) takes on the cesspool of debt, backwardness, and corruption that is the United States in this hard-hitting brief for a humane economy... a must-read for every concerned citizen. "-- Publishers Weekly , starred review "There is no shortage of books on why laissez-faire is bad theory and dangerous practice. For a succinct, humane, and politically astute tour of the horizon, it's hard to improve on Sachs's The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity. "-- The American Prospect "Jeffrey Sachs's new book is a landmark in this great and essentially American tradition , setting out with luminous clarity the narrative and the analysis of how the US and the wider world has been traduced and seduced by debased ideology, racist reflexes and huge vested interests from its liberal and enlightened roots. Indeed, Sachs by his life and his writing goes far to restore one's wavering faith in the informing inspiration of the post-1945 new dawn, faith in economics, faith in America and faith in humanity ."-- The Spectator
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23
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The
Dewey Decimal
330.973
Synopsis
For more than three decades, Jeffrey D. Sachs has been at the forefront of international economic problem solving.  But Sachs turns his attention back home in The Price of Civilization, a book that is essential reading for every American. In a forceful, impassioned, and personal voice, he offers not only a searing and incisive diagnosis of our country's economic ills but also an urgent call for Americans to restore the virtues of fairness, honesty, and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity. As he has done in dozens of countries around the world in the midst of economic crises, Sachs turns his unique diagnostic skills to what ails the American economy. He finds that both political parties--and many leading economists--have missed the big picture, offering shortsighted solutions such as stimulus spending or tax cuts to address complex economic problems that require deeper solutions. Sachs argues that we have profoundly underestimated globalization's long-term effects on our country, which create deep and largely unmet challenges with regard to jobs, incomes, poverty, and the environment. America's single biggest economic failure, Sachs argues, is its inability to come to grips with the new global economic realities. Yet Sachs goes deeper than an economic diagnosis. By taking a broad, holistic approach--looking at domestic politics, geopolitics, social psychology, and the natural environment as well--Sachs reveals the larger fissures underlying our country's current crisis. He shows how Washington has consistently failed to address America's economic needs. He describes a political system that has lost its ethical moorings, in which ever-rising campaign contributions and lobbying outlays overpower the voice of the citizenry. He also looks at the crisis in our culture, in which an overstimulated and consumption-driven populace in a ferocious quest for wealth now suffers shortfalls of social trust, honesty, and compassion. Finally, Sachs offers a plan to turn the crisis around. He argues persuasively that the problem is not America's abiding values, which remain generous and pragmatic, but the ease with which political spin and consumerism run circles around those values. He bids the reader to reclaim the virtues of good citizenship and mindfulness toward the economy and one another. Most important, he bids each of us to accept the price of civilization, so that together we can restore America to its great promise.   The Price of Civilization is a masterly road map for prosperity, founded on America's deepest values and on a rigorous understanding of the twenty-first-century world economy., During most of my forty years in economics I have assumed that America, with its great wealth, depth of learning, advanced technologies, and democratic institutions, would reliably find its way to social betterment. I decided early on in my career to devote my energies to the economic challenges abroad, where I felt the economic problems were more acute and in need of attention. Now I am worried about my own country. The economic crisis of recent years reflects a deep, threatening, and ongoing deterioration of our national politics and culture of power.
LC Classification Number
HC106.84.S23 2011

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