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The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
de Sachs, Jeffrey D
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 140006841X
- ISBN 13
- 9781400068418
- Librería
-
Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
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. . . ""
Sinopsis
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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- Librería
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- M001443
- Título
- The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
- Autor
- Sachs, Jeffrey D
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 140006841X
- ISBN 13
- 9781400068418
- Editorial
- Random House
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2011
- Palabras clave
- Economics, United States - Economic conditions - 2009-, United States - Economic policy -20009-, Environmental responsibility - United States
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Economics;
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Sobre el vendedor
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
Sobre Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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