Society and Economy
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Volume 29: Issue 2
Western economics versus Buddhist economics
Author:
Laszlo Zsolnai Corvinus University of Budapest Business Ethics Center Budapest Hungary

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Pages:
145–153
Online Publication Date:
06 May 2008
Publication Date:
01 Aug 2007
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/socec.29.2007.2.2
Keywords:
Buddhist economics; minimising framework; strategy
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The paper explores Buddhist economics as a major alternative to the Western economic mindset. Buddhism is centred on want negation and purification of the human character. Buddhist economics, developed by Schumacher, Payutto, Welford and others, challenges the basic principles of modern Western economics: (1) profit-maximisation, (2) cultivating desires, (3) introducing markets, (4) instrumental use of the world, and (5) self-interest-based ethics. Buddhist economics proposes alternative principles such as minimising suffering, simplifying desires, non-violence, genuine care, and generosity. It is suggested that Buddhist economics is not a system but a strategy, which can be applied in any economic setting.

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