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The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
by Sachs, Jeffrey D
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 140006841X
- ISBN 13
- 9781400068418
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition; in addition has a complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with white boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted; several pages have a one inch crease mark at top corner where they were dog-ear folded. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf and edge wear; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap, ""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. . . ""
Synopsis
JEFFREY D. SACHS is the Director of The Earth Institute and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University. He is also special advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. From 2002-2006, he was Director of the UN Millennium Project, which set global goals to reduce extreme poverty, disease and hunger by 2015. He was among TIME's 100 most influential leaders in 2004 and 2005. He is the author of many books and articles, including Common Wealth and The End of Poverty , both of which were international bestsellers. He is one of the leading voices calling for economic development that is in line with environmental sustainabilty.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001443
- Title
- The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
- Author
- Sachs, Jeffrey D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 140006841X
- ISBN 13
- 9781400068418
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- Economics, United States - Economic conditions - 2009-, United States - Economic policy -20009-, Environmental responsibility - United States
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics;
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Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
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