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9781903816783

Zen Economics

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  • ISBN13:

    9781903816783

  • ISBN10:

    1903816785

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-08-01
  • Publisher: Business Books
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Summary

The world is on the verge of an economic and social transformation. The thrift practiced by the Japanese will soon spread to all affluent countries.

Author Biography

Robert Van de Weyer lectured in Economics for twenty years at Cambridge University, England.

Table of Contents

PROLOGUE
Figures of tragedy
7(3)
Jester in the corner
10(2)
Global climax
12(2)
Audience Participation
14(3)
PART 1: PERSONAL ZEN ECONOMICS
The circle of irrationality
17(6)
Zero-sum consumption games
23(6)
Consumption stress
29(5)
Fiscal crunch
34(6)
The pension gap
40(5)
PART 2: SAVING ECONOMICS
What and when
45(3)
Crusoe to Keynes
48(4)
Why and how
52(5)
PART 3: GLOBAL ZEN ECONOMICS
Investing in the self
57(6)
Investing in the poor
63(5)
Ecology on the cheap
68(5)
Working for credit
73(6)
Population balance
79(6)
PART 4: ECONOMICAL SAVING
The invisible hand
85(2)
Acquiring material assets
87(3)
Acquiring personal assets
90

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