What Matters?
Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2010
Summary
“The reasoned and insistent exhortations of a man with a cause who, rather than mellowing with age and wisdom, continues to grow in forcefulness and vision.” -BooklistOver the years, Wendell Berry has sought to understand and confront the financial structure of modern society and the impact of developing late capitalism on American culture. There is perhaps no more demanding or important critique available to contemporary citizens than Berry’s writings-just as there is no vocabulary more give…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781582436067 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1582436061 |
| Author: | Wendell Berry, Herman Daly |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 230mm x 154mm |
| Series: | Counterpoint |
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Praise forWhat Matters? “The reasoned and insistent exhortations of a man with a cause who, rather than mellowing with age and wisdom, continues to grow in forcefulness and vision.”
Praise for What Matters? “The reasoned and insistent exhortations of a man with a cause who, rather than mellowing with age and wisdom, continues to grow in forcefulness and vision.” –Booklist Praise for Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community “Read it with pencil in hand, make notes, and hope that somehow our country and the world will soon come to see the truth that is told here.” –The New York Times Book Review “Berry once again carves out a unique position in American social debate: not liberal (he hates big government), not conservative (he hates big corporations), not libertarian (he would balance individual rights with those of the commonwealth), but always sharp-tongued and aglow with common sense.” –Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Wendell Berry
WENDELL BERRY, an essayist, novelist, and poet, has been honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, among other distinctions. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. Berry lives with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.
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