The Pricing of Progress
| Author | : Eli Cook |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 326 |
| Release | : 2017-09-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674982543 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674982541 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (541 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Pricing of Progress by : Eli Cook
Download or read book The Pricing of Progress written by Eli Cook and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Americans come to quantify their society’s well-being in units of money? In our GDP-run world, prices are the measure of not only goods and commodities but our environment, communities, nation, even self-worth. Eli Cook shows how, and why, we moderns lost sight of earlier social and moral metrics that did not put a price on everyday life.
