The Price of Civilization (book)
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The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity (ISBN: 978-1-4000-6841-8) is a book by economist
Jeffrey Sachs
. It was published by Random House
on October 4, 2011 in the US and by Bodley Head (UK 6 Oct 2011). The book is 336 pages. As described by Random House: the book is "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." The title comes from the quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr - "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization." In the review in the Wall Street Journal they state: "Yet at its core "The Price of Civilization" is not about taxes or economics. It is about the "pursuit of happiness" as one academic understands it."
The book focuses on the changes going on in the world, the effects of these changes on the economic conditions and the necessary actions that will be required to deal with these changes in this new world if America is going to succeed.
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey David Sachs is an American economist and Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. One of the youngest economics professors in the history of Harvard University, Sachs became known for his role as an adviser to Eastern European and developing country governments in the...
. It was published by Random House
Random House
Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
on October 4, 2011 in the US and by Bodley Head (UK 6 Oct 2011). The book is 336 pages. As described by Random House: the book is "incisive diagnosis of our country’s economic ills but also an urgent call for Americans
Americans
The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
to restore the virtues of fairness, honesty, and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity." The title comes from the quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr - "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization." In the review in the Wall Street Journal they state: "Yet at its core "The Price of Civilization" is not about taxes or economics. It is about the "pursuit of happiness" as one academic understands it."
The book focuses on the changes going on in the world, the effects of these changes on the economic conditions and the necessary actions that will be required to deal with these changes in this new world if America is going to succeed.