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Franklin's Thrift : The Lost History of An American Virtue

Edited by David Blankenhorn, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and Sorcha Brophy-Warren • Templeton Press • 2009

Americans today often think of thrift as a negative value – a miserly hoarding of resources and a denial of pleasure. Franklin's Thrift challenges this state of mind by recovering the rich history of thrift as a quintessentially American virtue.

Franklin's Thrift : The Lost History of An American Virtue

Edited by David Blankenhorn, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and Sorcha Brophy-Warren • Templeton Press • 2009

Americans today often think of thrift as a negative value – a miserly hoarding of resources and a denial of pleasure. Franklin's Thrift challenges this state of mind by recovering the rich history of thrift as a quintessentially American virtue.