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The Buddha on Wall Street: Whats Wrong with Capitalism and What We Can Do about It
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Paperback. A thorough-going examination of the Buddhist perspective on economics in C21th and its impact on everyday life. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRE; HRLP5; KCS; KCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
Our current neoliberal capitalist economic system is based on unethical values. The twentieth century economist John Maynard Keynes recognized this and wrote of a time in the future when we could transcend those values. Unfortunately Keynes believed that this would somehow happen automatically, and did not grasp the necessity of the need now to directly challenge the values on which our society is based, instead of simply waiting for them to fade away. The Buddha identified the vital importance of working to uproot the poisons of greed and hatred in the human psyche and in human society, and to replace ... Read more
Our current neoliberal capitalist economic system is based on unethical values. The twentieth century economist John Maynard Keynes recognized this and wrote of a time in the future when we could transcend those values. Unfortunately Keynes believed that this would somehow happen automatically, and did not grasp the necessity of the need now to directly challenge the values on which our society is based, instead of simply waiting for them to fade away. The Buddha identified the vital importance of working to uproot the poisons of greed and hatred in the human psyche and in human society, and to replace ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Windhorse Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909314443
SKU
V9781909314443
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