Price of Civilization

One of the world's most brilliant economists and the bestselling author of "The End of Poverty", Jeffrey Sachs has written a book that is essential reading for everyone - politicians, people in business and industry, and you. Setting out a bold and provocative, yet responsible and achievable, plan, "The Price of Civilization" reveals why we must - and how we can - change our entire economic culture in this time of crisis. The world economy remains in a precarious state after the recent global recession - where quick fixes were implemented instead of sustainable solutions to systemic problems. Jeffrey Sachs argues powerfully for a new co-operative, common-sense political economy, one that stresses practical partnership between government and the private sector, demands competence in both arenas and occasionally insists on carefully chosen public and private sacrifices. In this new era of global capitalism, Sachs believes that we have to forget partisanship and solve these enormous problems together, clinically and holistically, just as one would approach the eradication of a disease. "The Price of Civilization" explains how government can be made to reform corporate culture by fairly policing compensation but not stifling competition and forced to improve our energy infrastructure by both taxing emissions and providing market incentives for innovation. Sachs shows how government, business and citizens can find common ground - on bank accountability, the decentralising of social services and taxing the super-rich - as a way to achieve our shared goals of efficiency, equity and sustainability. Sparing no-one but potentially benefiting us all, "The Price of Civilization" is a masterful roadmap, a programme designed to bridge seemingly impossible divides in our society and a way forward that we - and our leaders - ignore at our peril.

ISBN	1847920926	Pages	352
ISBN13	9781847920928 (What's this?)	Weight (grammes)	645
Publisher	Vintage	Published in	London
Imprint	The Bodley Head Ltd	Height (mm)	240
Format	Hardback	Width (mm)	162
Publication date	06 Oct 2011	Spine width (mm)	32
DEWEY	306.3	Academic level	General
DEWEY edition	DC22

"The author draws social, political, demographic, economic and intellectual threads together to weave a powerful narrative explaining why and how the US has changed" -- Dan O' Brien Irish Times "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... Scholarly, original, independent, rigorous, enlightened and enlightening" -- Peter Jay Spectator "The Price of Civilization has the air of the world traveller who returns home to find his country a much worse place than he remembered... This is such an important book" -- Martin Sandbu Financial Times Weekend "Eloquently written, the book is graced with optimism about overcoming the current crisis and redeeming our trust in democracy and equality" Good Book Guide "The economic critique stands on its own merits" -- Oliver Kamm The Times

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