Poor Richard's Principle: Recovering the American Dream Through the Moral Dimension of Work, Business, and Money

by Robert Wuthnow

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691028923
• ISBN13: 9780691028927
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 445 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"