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Here is a probably unfamiliar “economics and ethics” or “business ethics” anecdote which is derived from the Tokugawa-period history of Jôdoshin Buddhism, the largest of the traditional Buddhist organizations in Japan.
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Amstutz, G. (2001). From Scarcity to Insatiability: Globalization, Lost Variety and the Levelling of Cultural Differences. In: Holzhausen, A. (eds) Can Japan Globalize?. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11285-4_20
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