The Virtue of Prosperity Finding Values in an

InThe Virtue of Prosperity,Dinesh D'Souza examines the spiritual and social crisis spawned by the new economy and new technologies of the last ten years. D'Souza questions the basic premise of the American dream that prosperity and "progress" will better the human condition. Anchored in history, rich in anecdote, and supported by state-of-the-art data,The Virtue of Prosperityis a tough-minded critique of our high-tech culture, with a surprising prescription for doing well and doing good.

Dinesh D'Souza, the Rishwain Research Scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, served as senior domestic policy analyst in the White House from 1987 to 1988. He is the bestselling author of Illiberal Education, The End of Racism, and Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader. He divides his time between Washington, D.C., and San Diego.

Contents

INTRODUCTION: GEEK CHIC: Anthropologist in a Strange Land

CHAPTER ONE: A WORLD WITHOUT LIMITS

What's New About the New Economy

CHAPTER TWO: THE GATHERING STORM

Mass Affluence and Its Discontents

CHAPTER THREE: CREATED UNEQUAL

Merit and the Ones Left Behind

CHAPTER FOUR: THE LOTTERY OF SUCCESS

Who Wins, Who Loses

CHAPTER FIVE: EYE OF THE NEEDLE

The Moral Critique of Prosperity

CHAPTER SIX: THE WORLD WE HAVE LOST

Goodbye Nature, Family, and Community?

CHAPTER SEVEN: A FUTURE THAT WORKS

Why Techno-Capitalism Prevailed

CHAPTER EIGHT: THE CONQUEST OF HUMAN NATURE

Technology and the Remaking of Humanity

CHAPTER NINE: THE SEDUCTION

The Quest for the Posthuman

CHAPTER TEN: THE GIFT

The Things That Matter the Most

NOTES

INDEX

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The Virtue of Prosperity Finding Values in an Age of Techno-Affluence

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