“Buddhist Economics”

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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 in less industrialized countries
have greater worries like poverty, they don’t have as much of a problem
with violence. Things are more low key and Buddhists are more focused on
the importance of human character, and they believe that human character is
formed by man’s work.

I think Americans are lazy because as stated in Schumachers essay, “to work
is to make sacrifice of one’s leisure and comfort, and wages are a kind of
compensation for the sacrifice.” I know that almost anyone would rather be
playing golf or on vacation than working, and who could blame them; but as
Americans most of us do not have to work by the sweat of our brow. A lot
of Americans maintain jobs in which they push buttons and watch dials, ...

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