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The American Dream is in serious danger, according to Robert Wuthnow--not because of economic conditions, but because its moral underpinnings have been forgotten. In the past this vision was not simply a formula for success, but a moral perspective that framed our thinking about work and money in terms of broader commitments to family, community, and humanitarian values. Nowadays, we are working harder than ever, and yet many of us feel that we are not realizing our higher aspirations as individuals or as a people. Here Wuthnow examines the struggles in which American families are now engaged as they try to balance work and family, confront the pressures of consumerism, and find meaning in their careers. He suggests that we can find economic instruction and inspiration in the nation's past--in such figures as Benjamin Franklin, for instance, who was at once the prudent Poor Richard, the engaged public person, and the enthusiastic lover of life. Drawing on first-hand accounts from scores of people in all walks of life and from a national survey, the book shows that work and money cannot be understood in terms of economic theories alone, but are inevitably rooted in our concepts of ourselves and in the symbolic rituals and taboos of everyday life. By examining these implicit cultural understandings of work and money, the book provides a foundation for bringing moral reasoning more fully to bear on economic decisions. It re-examines the moral arguments that were prominent earlier in our history, shows how these arguments were set aside with the development of economistic thinking, and suggests their continuing relevance in the lives of people who have effectively resisted the pressures of greater financial commitments. Demonstrating that most Americans do bring values implicitly to bear on their economic decisions, the book shows how some people are learning to do this more effectively and, in the process, gain greater control over their work and finances. At a time when policymakers are raising questions about the very survival of the American dream, Poor Richard's Principle offers an analysis of how moral restraint can once again play a more prominent role in guiding our thinking.

Work --- Money --- Business ethics --- Social values --- Work and family --- Moral and ethical aspects --- United States --- Moral conditions. --- Currency --- Monetary question --- Money, Primitive --- Specie --- Standard of value --- Industry (Psychology) --- Method of work --- Work, Method of --- Exchange --- Finance --- Value --- Banks and banking --- Coinage --- Currency question --- Gold --- Silver --- Silver question --- Wealth --- Human behavior --- Labor --- Occupations --- Work-life balance --- Moral conditions

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"In this study, the first of its kind in English, Richard von Glahn offers a definitive analysis of the economic, political, and social history of money and monetary policy during the Song, Yuan, Ming, and early Qing dynasties. Von Glahn departs from previously held ideas about the effects of money and international trade in bullion on the rise and decline of dynastic power in China. His study also links Chinese monetary history to changing trends in money-use and trade in gold and silver in Asia, Europe, and the Western Hemisphere. He argues that China's shift to a silver economy had a decisive influence not only on the growth of a market economy in China but also on the formation of a global economy in the early modern era."--BOOK JACKET. "Exhaustively researched from archival sources, Fountain of Fortune examines critically the many facets of China's domestic and foreign monetary policy, including the foundations of Chinese monetary theory."--Jacket.

History of Asia --- anno 1100-1199 --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1000-1099 --- China --- Monetary policy --- Money --- History. --- S10/0300 --- -Money --- -Currency --- Monetary question --- Money, Primitive --- Specie --- Standard of value --- Exchange --- Finance --- Value --- Banks and banking --- Coinage --- Currency question --- Gold --- Silver --- Silver question --- Wealth --- Monetary management --- Economic policy --- Currency boards --- Money supply --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Money and banking: general and before 1911 --- History --- Monetary policy - China - History.

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Cours constitutionnelles --- Droit constitutionnel --- Finance --- Money --- Finance. --- Monetary policy. --- Money. --- 342.4.03 --- Currency --- Monetary question --- Money, Primitive --- Specie --- Standard of value --- Exchange --- Value --- Banks and banking --- Coinage --- Currency question --- Gold --- Silver --- Silver question --- Wealth --- Funding --- Funds --- Economics --- Grondwettelijk hof. Constitutioneel hof --- 342.4.03 Grondwettelijk hof. Constitutioneel hof --- Monetary policy --- Monetary management --- Economic policy --- Currency boards --- Money supply --- 336.74 --- 336.74 Geld. Geldwezen. Monetaire sector. --- Geld. Geldwezen. Monetaire sector. --- Geld. Geldwezen. Monetaire sector --- Politique monétaire --- Monnaie --- Finances

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812 Ideologie --- 837 Financiën en Bankwezen --- 841.1 Democratisering --- 881.3 Noord-Afrika --- 883.4 West-Azië --- Banks and banking --- Debts, External --- Money --- Structural adjustment (Economic policy) --- Currency --- Monetary question --- Money, Primitive --- Specie --- Standard of value --- Debts, Foreign --- Debts, International --- External debts --- Foreign debts --- International debts --- Agricultural banks --- Banking --- Banking industry --- Commercial banks --- Depository institutions --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Islam --- Africa, North --- Economic policy --- Exchange --- Finance --- Value --- Coinage --- Currency question --- Gold --- Silver --- Silver question --- Wealth --- Debt --- International finance --- Investments, Foreign --- Financial institutions --- Religious aspects --- Banks and banking, Islamic --- Islamic banks and banking --- Non-interest banks, Islamic

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Money --- Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) --- History --- Sources. --- -Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) --- Manuscripts, Greek --- -Greek manuscripts --- Greek language --- Greek philology --- Greek papyri --- Papyri, Greek --- Manuscripts, Classical (Papyri) --- Manuscripts (Papyri) --- Currency --- Monetary question --- Money, Primitive --- Specie --- Standard of value --- Exchange --- Finance --- Value --- Banks and banking --- Coinage --- Currency question --- Gold --- Silver --- Silver question --- Wealth --- Egypt --- -History --- -Money --- -Greek papyri --- Greek manuscripts --- History&delete& --- Sources --- Égypte --- Ägypten --- Egitto --- Egipet --- Egiptos --- Miṣr --- Southern Region (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) --- Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) --- Egipat --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- A.R.E. --- ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Mitsrayim --- Egipt --- Ijiptʻŭ --- Misri --- Ancient Egypt --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- جمهورية مصر العربية --- مِصر‎ --- مَصر‎ --- Maṣr --- Khēmi --- エジプト --- Ejiputo --- Egypti --- Egypten --- מצרים --- United Arab Republic --- Money - Egypt - History - Sources. --- Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) - Egypt.