“Buddhist Economics”
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“He tends to count nothing as an expenditure, other than human effort...”,
this quote was used to describe the way a French political philosopher
characterized “Western man”. Bertrand de Jouvenel goes on to say, “He does
not seem to realize at all that human life is a dependent part of a ....
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corruption of money and government, and the art of gaining weight. To sum
it up we are a bunch of rich fat people who have no concern for culture.
The Buddhists believe being rich is more than material possessions and I
agree. In this essay they also commented that “simplicity and non-violence”
are closely related. I agree with that belief as well. I liked how E.F.
Schumacher explained the importance of consumption and how it effects
pressures put on society. Although people ....
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