Bibliography of Buddhist Economics

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1 Bibliography of Buddhist Economics The following bibliography collects important titles in the intersection of Buddhism, ethics, psychology and economics. It represents a body of knowledge which can serve as a good background for exploring and developing Buddhist economics scholarship. Aitken, R. 1984: The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics. San Francisco: North Point Press. Alexandrin, G. 1993: Elements of Buddhist Economics. In: International Journal of Social Economics, No. 2. pp Anielski, M. 2007: The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth. British Columbia: New Society Publishers. Ariely, D. 2008: Predictably Irrational. London: Harper Collins. Ash, C. 2000: Social Self-Interest. In: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 71. No. 2, pp Ash, C. 2000: Economics of Sangha. Are Bhikkhus Good For Business. In: Buddhist Perspective In the Face of the Third Millennium. Collection of selected papers presented at the Y2000 Conference on Buddhism. pp Ash, C. 2007: Happiness and Economics: A Buddhist Perspective. In: Society and Economy, No. 2. pp Ash, C. 2009: The Happiness (and Unhappiness) of Interpersonal Relationships: An Economics Perspective. Working Paper, University of Reading, UK. Banjaree, N. V. 1978: Buddhism and Marxism: A Study in Humanism. New Delhi: Orient Longman. Barrett, R. 2006: Building Values-Driven Organizations A Whole Systems Approach to Cultural Transformation. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Press. Brahm, A. 2006: Happiness through Meditation. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications. Brown, P. 2000: Buddhism and the Ecocrisis: The Role of Buddhism in Enhancing Environmental Philosophy and Psychology in the West Today. BuddhaZine. (On-line journal, viewed May 20, Bruni, L. and Porta, P.L. (eds.) 2005: Economics and Happiness: Framing the Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Bubna-Litic, D. 2000: Buddhism Returns to the Market-Place. In: Keown, D. (ed.): Contemporary Buddhist Ethics. London: Curzon Press.

2 Burton, R. A. 2008: On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not. New York: St. Martin's Press. Chaisumritchoke, S.T. 2007: Sufficient Economy, the King s Philosophy: An Application of Buddhist Economics to Develop Thai Local Pharmaceutical Industries for Sustainable Well- Being In: Society and Economy No. 2. pp Chambers, R. and Conway, G. 1992: Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Practical Concepts for the 21st Century. Sussex, England: Institute of Development Studies. Collins, S. 1982: Selfless Persons. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Csikszentmihalyi, M. 1990: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. New York: Harper and Row. Dalai Lama, His Holiness the and H. C. Cutler. 1999: The Art of Happiness. Philadelphia, USA: Coronet Books. Dalai Lama, His Holiness the. 2002: Ethical Economics In: Badiner, A. H. (ed.): Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism. Berkeley: Parallax Press. pp Dalai Lama, His Holiness the and L. van den Muyzenberg. 2009: The Leader s Way, Leadership and Buddhism in a Globalizing World. New York: Random House Inc. Daly, H. 1996: Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development. Boston: Beacon Press. Damasio, A. 1994: Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain. New York: Putnam Publishing. Daniels, P. L. 1998: Economic Change, the Environment and Buddhism in Asia. In: International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 25. Nos , pp Daniels, P. and Moore, S. 2002: Approaches for Quantifying the Metabolism of Physical Economies : Part I Methodological Overview. In: Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol. 5. No. 4. pp Daniels, P. 2003: Buddhist Economics and the Environment Material Flow Analysis and the Moderation of Society's Metabolism. In: International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 30. pp Daniels, P. 2005: Economic Systems and the Buddhist World View: the 21st Century Nexus. In: Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 34. No. 2. pp Daniels, P. 2006: Reducing Society s Metabolism In: Zsolnai, L. and Knut J. Ims (eds.): Business within Limits: Deep Ecology and Buddhist Economics. Oxford: Peter Lang Academic Publishers. pp Daniels, P. 2007: Buddhism and the Transformation to Sustainable Economies. In: Society and Economy, No. 2. pp

3 Daniels, P. 2010: Climate Change, Economics and Buddhism Part I: An Integrated Environmental Analysis Framework. In: Ecological Economics, Vol. 10. pp Darlington, S. 1998: The Ordination of a Tree: The Buddhist Ecology Movement in Thailand. In: Ethnology, Vol. 37. No. 1. pp Davidson, R. 1992: Emotion and Affective Style: Hemispheric Substrates. In: Psychological Science, Vol. 3, pp Davidson, R. 2000: Affective Style, Psychopathology and Resilience: Brain Mechanisms and Plasticity. In: American Psychologist, Vol. 55, pp Davidson, R. 2004: Well-being and Affective Style: Neural Substrates and Biobehavioural Correlates. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 359, pp Davidson, R., Jackson, D. and Kalin, N. 2000: Emotion, Plasticity, Context and Regulation: Perspectives from Affective Neuroscience. In: Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 126, pp Davidson, R., Kabat-Zinn, J., Schumacher, J., Rosenkrantz, M., Muller, D., Santorelli, S., Urbanowski, F., Harrington, A., Bonus, K. and Sheridan, J. 2003: Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation. In: Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol. 65, pp Diener, E., Diener, M. and Diener, C. 1995: Factors Predicting the Subjective Well-being of Nations. In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 69, pp Diener, E., Suh, E. et al. 1999: Subjective Well-Being: Three Decades of Progress. In: Psychological Bulletin, Vol pp Diener, E. and Seligman, M.E.P. 2002: Very Happy People. In: Psychological Science, Vol. 13, pp Dixon, F. 2003: Total Corporate Responsibility; Achieving Sustainability and Real Prosperity. In: Ethical Corporation Magazine, December. Diwan, R. 1991: Ghandian Economics and Contemporary Society. In: Ghandian Perspectives, Vol. 4. pp Diwan, R. 2000: Relational Wealth and the Quality of Life. In: Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 29, pp Diwan, R. and Desai, S. 1990: Perestroika and Ghandian economics. In: International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 17, pp Easterlin, R.A. 1974: Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence, In: David, R. and Reder, R. (eds.): Nations and Households in Economic Growth: Essays in Honor of Moses Abramovitz. New York: Academic Press. Easterlin, R.A. 1995: Will Raising the Incomes of All Increase the Happiness of All?. In: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, Vol. 27. pp

4 Epstein, M. 2005: Open to Desire: The Truth about what the Buddha Taught. New York: Gotham Books. ESCAP 2009: Eco-Efficiency Indicators: Measuring Resource-use Efficiency and the Impact of Economic Activities on the Environment. New York: United Nations. Essen, J. 2005: Right Development: The Santi Asoke Buddhist Reform Movement of Thailand.New York: Lexington Books. Essen, J. 2009: Buddhist Economics: How to Achieve Material Well Being and Still Have Good Karma. In: Peil, J. and van Staveren, I. (eds.): Handbook of Economics and Ethics. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Fischer, N. 2005: Wash Your Bowls. In: Kaza, S. (ed.): Hooked! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume. Boston: Shambhala Publications. Frank, R.H. 1985: Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behaviour and the Quest for Status. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Frey, B. and Stutzer, A. 2002: Happiness and Economics: How the Economy and Institutions Affect Well-Being. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Fukuyama, F. 1995: Trust. London: Hamesh Hamilton. Galay, K. (ed.) 1999: Gross National Happiness A Set of Discussion Papers. Thimphu, Bhutan: The Centre for Bhutan Studies. Gardner, G. 2006: Inspiring Progress: Religions' Contributions to Sustainable Development, New York: W.W. Norton and Company. Germer, C.K., Siegel, R.D. and Fulton, P.R. (eds.) 2005: Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. New York: Guildford. Gintis, H. 2000: Beyond Homo Economicus: Evidence from Experimental Economics. In: Ecological Economics, 35, pp Gintis, H. 2006: A Framework for the Integration of the Behavioral Sciences. In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30, pp Glimscher, P., Camerer, C., Fehr, E., and Poldrack, R. (eds.) 2009: Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain. London: Academic Press. Gnanarama, Ven. Pategama 2005: An Approach to Buddhist Social Philosophy. Singapore: Buddhist and Pali College of Singapore. Goleman, D. (ed.) 1997: Healing Emotions. Boston: Shambhala Publications. Goleman, D. 2003: Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. New York: Bantam Books.

5 Goleman, D. 2005: Social Intelligence the New Science of Relationships. New York: Random House. Goleman, D. 2009: Ecological Intelligence. New York: Random House. Gombrich, R. 1988: Theravada Buddhism. London: Routledge. Gombrich, R. 2009: What the Buddha Thought. London: Equinox Publishing. Gowdy, J. 2006: Business Ethics and the Death of Homo Oeconomicus. In: Zsolnai, L. and Knut J. Ims (eds.): Business within Limits: Deep Ecology and Buddhist Economics. Oxford: Peter Lang Academic Publisher. pp Gowdy, J. 2008: Behavioral Economics and Climate Change Policy. In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 68, pp Gunasekara, V. 1982: Basic Buddhism: An Outline of the Buddha's Teaching. Brisbane: Buddhist Society of Queensland. Gutschow, K. 2004: Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Hanh, Th. N. 1998: The Heart of the Buddha s Teaching. New York: Broadway Books. Hanh, Th. N. 2007: The Art of Power. New York: Harper Collins. Harvey, P. 1995: The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciousness and Nirvana in Early Buddhism. London: Curzon Press. Harvey, P. 2000: An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Haybron, D.M. 2008: The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Helliwell, J. 2003: How s Life? Combining Individual and National Variables to Explain Subjective Well-Being. In: Economic Modelling, Vol. 20. pp Hirsch, P. (ed.) 1996: Seeing Forests for Trees: Environment and Environmentalism in Thailand. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books. Illich, I. 1992: Needs In: Sachs, W. (ed.): Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power. London: Zed Books. Ims, K.J. and Zsolnai, L. 2006: Shallow Success and Deep Failure. In: Zsolnai, L. and K. J. Ims (eds.): Business within Limits: Deep Ecology and Buddhist Economics. Oxford: Peter Lang Academic Publisher. pp Inoue, S. 1997: Putting Buddhism to Work. A New Approach to Management and Business. Tokyo, New York, London: Kodansha International Ltd.

6 Inoue, S. 2002: A New Economics to Save the Earth: A Buddhist Perspective. In: Badiner, A. H. (ed.): Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism. Berkeley: Parallax Press. pp Johansson, R. 1969: The Psychology of Nirvana. London: Allen and Unwin. Jones, K. 2003: The New Social Face of Buddhism: A Call to Action. Boston: Wisdom Publications. Kahneman, D. and A. Tversky 1979: Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision Under Risk. In: Econometrica 47, pp Kahneman, D., Diener, E. and Schwartz, N. (eds.) 1999: Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Kaewthep, K. 2007: A Radical Conservative Buddhist Utopia: The Asoke People. In: Society and Economy, No. 2. pp Kaza, S. (ed.): 2005: Hooked: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire and the Urge to Consume. Boston: Shambala Publications. Keown, D. 1992: The Nature of Buddhist Ethics. Basingstoke: Macmillan. Koller, J. and Koller, P. 1991: A Sourcebook in Asian Philosophy. New York: Macmillan. Kolm, S-C. 1985: The Buddhist theory of no-self. In: J. Elster (ed.): The Multiple Self. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp Layard, R. 2005: Happiness: Lessons from a New Science. London: Allen Lane. Layard, R. 2006: Happiness and Public Policy: A Challenge to the Profession. In: The Economic Journal, 116 (March), pp. C24-C23. Loy, D. R. 2002: A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack. Albany: State University of New York Press. Loy, D. 2003: The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications. Loy, D. R. 2008: Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution. Somerville: Wisdom Publications. Lyubormirsky, S., Sheldon, K. and Schkade, D. 2004: Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change. In: Review of General Psychology, 9, pp Magnuson, J. 2007: Mindful Economics: Understanding American Capitalism, Its Consequences and Alternatives. Portland, OR: Pilot Light Books. Magnuson, J. C. 2007: Pathways to a Mindful Economy. In: Society and Economy, No. 2. pp

7 Naess, A. 1990: Sustainable Development and Deep Ecology. In: Engels, J. and Engels, G. (eds.): Ethics of Environment and Development: Global Challenges and International Response. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press. National Economic and Social Development Board 2000: An Introductory Note: Sufficiency Economy. Paper presented at the 10th UNCTAD Conference. Bangkok. Nelson, J. 2006: The Relational Firm: A Buddhist and Feminist Analysis. In: Zsolnai, L. and Knut J. Ims (eds.): Business within Limits: Deep Ecology and Buddhist Economics. Oxford: Peter Lang Academic Publisher. pp Nettle, D. 2005: Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile. Oxford: Oxford University Press. New Economics Foundation 2008: National Accounts of Well-Being. London. Norberg-Hodge, H. 2002: Buddhism in the Global Economy. In: Badiner, A.H. (ed.): Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism. Berkeley: Parallax Press. pp North, D. C. 1990: Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ostrom, E. 1990: Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Payutto, Ven. P.A. 1994: Buddhist Economics: A Middleway for the Market Place. Bangkok: Buddhadhamma Foundation. Payutto, Ven. P.A. 1995: Good, Evil, and Beyond: Kamma in the Buddha s Teaching. Bangkok: Buddhadhamma Foundation. Payutto, Ven. P. A. 2009: Buddhism and the Business World The Buddhist Way to Deal with Business. Bangkok: Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. Phra Rajavararumi 1990: Foundation of Buddhist Social Ethics. In: Sizemore, R. F. and D. K. Swearer (eds.): Ethics, Wealth, and Salvation. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. Plattner, S. 1989: Economic Anthropology. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. Post, S. (ed.) 2007: Altruism and Health: Perspectives from Empirical Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Post, S. and Neimark, J. 2007: Why Good Things Happen to Good People. New York: Broadway. Prayukvong, W. 2005: A Buddhist Economic Approach to the Development of Community Enterprises: A Case Study from Southern Thailand. In: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 29, pp Princen, T. et al. 2002: Confronting Consumption, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

8 Pryor, F.L. 1990: A Buddhist Economic System In Principle. In: American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 49. No. 3. pp Pryor, F.L. 1991: A Buddhist Economic System In Practice. In: American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 50. No. 1. pp Puntasen, A. 2005: Buddhist Economics, Evolution Theories, and Its Application to Other Economic Subjects. Bangkok: Amarin Publisher. (in Thai) Puntasen, A. 2007: Buddhist Economics as a New Paradigm towards Happiness". In: Society and Economy, Volume 29, Number 2, (August) pp Queen, C. and King, S. (eds.) 1996: Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Rajavaramuni, P. 1990: Introduction. In: Sizemore, R. F. and Swearer, D. K. (eds.): Ethics, Wealth, and Salvation: A Study in Buddhist Social Ethics. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. Ricard, M. 2003: Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life s Most Important Skill. New York: Little Brown. Saddhatissa, H. 1970: Buddhist Ethics. London: Allen and Unwin. Schumacher, E.F. 1973: Small is beautiful. Abacus. Santikaro, B. 1996: Buddhadasa Bhikkhu: Life and Society through the Natural Eyes of Voidness. In: Queen, C. and King, S. (eds.): Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia. New York: State University of New York Press. Santikaro 2005: Practicing Generosity in a Consumer World. In: Kaza, S.(ed.): Hooked! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume. Boston: Shambhala Publications. pp Schmithausen, L. 1997: The Early Buddhist Tradition and Ecological Ethics. In: Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol. 4, pp Schwartz, B. 2004: The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less. New York: Harper Collins. Schwartz, C. and Sendor, M. 1999: Helping Others Helps Oneself: Response Shift in Peer Support. In: Social Science and Medicine, 48, pp Senanarong, A. 2004: His Majesty s Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy and the Royal Development Study Centres. Paper presented at The Ministerial Conference on Alternative Development: Sufficiency Economy. Bangkok. Segal, Z.V., Williams, J.M.G. and Teasdale, J.D. 2002: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse. New York: Guildford. Seligman, M. 2004: Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. New York: Free Press.

9 Sen, A. 1987: The Standard of Living. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Sen, A. 1999: Development as Freedom. New York: Alfred Knopf. Sheldon, K.M. and Lyubomirsky, S. 2006: How to Increase and Sustain Positive Emotion: The Effects of Expressing Gratitude and Visualizing Best Possible Selves. In: Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, pp Shiva, V. and Mies, M. 1993: Ecofeminism. London: Zed Books. Sivaraksa, S. 1992: Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society. Berkeley: Parallax Press. Sivaraksa, S. 1999: Global Healing: Essays on Structural Violence, Social Development and Spiritual Transformation. Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development. Sivaraksa, S. 2002: Alternatives to Consumerism. In: Badiner, A. H. (ed.): Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism. Berkeley: Parallax Press. pp Stiglitz, J., Sen, A. and Fitoussi, J.P. 2009: Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress.(See Swearer, D. 1989: Me and Mine: Selected Essays of Bhikkhu Buddhadasa. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Tambiah, S. J. 1968: The Ideology of Merit and the Social Correlates of Buddhism in a Thai Village. In: Leach, E. (ed.): Dialectic in Practical Religion. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Thaler, R. H. and Sunstein, C. R. 2008: Nudge. Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness. New York: Penguin Press. Taylor, J. L. 1996: Forest Monks and the Nation-State: An Anthropological and Historical Study in Northeastern Thailand. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Tideman, S. (ed.) 2002: Compassion or Competition Dialogues on Business and Economics with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Thero, M. W. 1997: Buddhist Perspectives on the Natural and Social Environment. In: Gallay- Pap, P. and Bottomley, R. (eds.): Toward an Environmental Ethic in Southeast Asia. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: The Buddhist Institute. Thurman, R. 1997: Inner Revolution, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness. New York: Riverheads Books. Tomer, J. F. 1996: Good Habits and Bad Habits: A New Age Socio-Economic Model of Preference Formation. In: Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 25. No. 6. pp Tomer, J. F. 2002: Beyond the Rationality of Economic Man, Toward the True Rationality of Man. Atlanta, GA: Allied Social Sciences Association. January 2003.

10 Ura, K. and Galay, K. (eds.) 2004: Gross National Happiness and Development. Thimphu, Bhutan: Centre for Bhutan Studies. (Available at Urry, H.L. et al 2004: Making a Life Worth Living: Neural Correlates of Well-Being. in: Psychological Science, 15, pp Varela, F.J. 1991: The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experiences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Varela, F. J. 1999: Ethical Know-How. Action, Wisdom, and Cognition. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Vendrik, M. and Woltjer, G. 2007: Happiness and Loss Aversion: When Social Participation Dominates Comparison. In: Journal of Public Economics, 91, pp Vohs, K., Mead, N., Goode, M. 2006: The Psychological Consequences of Money. In: Science, 314, pp Wallace, B. A. 2007: Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge. New York: Columbia University Press. Walpola, R. 1959: What The Buddha Taught, London: The Gordon Fraser Gallery. Watson, G., Batchelor, S and Claxton, G. 1999: The Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Science and our Everyday Lives. London: Rider. Watts, J. and Loy, D. R. 2002: The Religion of Consumption: A Buddhist Perspective. In: Badiner, A. H. (ed.): Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism. Berkeley: Parallax Press. pp Wee, V. 2000: Buddhist Approach to Economic Development. In: Buddhist Perspective In the Face of the Third Millennium. Collection of selected papers presented at the Y2000 Conference on Buddhism. pp Welford, R. 2006: Tackling Greed and Achieving Sustainable Development. In Zsolnai, L. and Knut J. Ims (eds.): Business within Limits: Deep Ecology and Buddhist Economics. Oxford: Peter Lang Academic Publisher. pp Wickramasinghe, J. W. 2000: People Friendly Economic Development: An Introduction to Buddhist Theory of Development Economics. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Dharmavijaya Foundation. Yamamoto, S. 1983: Zen Buddhism and the Economic Animal. In: Entrepreneurship: The Japanese Experience. March Zadek, S. 1993: The Practice of Buddhist Economics: Another View. In: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 52. No. 4. pp Zadek, S. 1997: Towards a Progressive Buddhist Economics in J. Watts, A. Senauke, and S. Bhikku (eds): Entering the Realm of Reality: Towards Dharmmic Societies INEB, Bangkok. pp

11 Zak. P. 2008: Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy. Princeton, NJ, Princeton U. Press. Zsolnai, L. and Ims, K. J. (eds) 2006: Business within Limits: Deep Ecology and Buddhist Economics. Peter Lang, Oxford. Zsolnai, L. 2007a Why Budhist Economics? Society and Economy No. 2. pp Zsolnai, L. 2007b: Western Economics versus Buddhist Economics Society and Economy No. 2. pp Zsolnai, L. 2008: Buddhist Economic Strategy in Luk Bouckaert, Hendrik Opdebeeck and Laszlo Zsolnai (eds): Frugality: Rebalancing Material and Spiritual Values in Economic Life Peter Lang Academic Publishers, Oxford. pp Zsolnai, L. 2009: Buddhist Economics for Business. In: Ethical Prospects Economy, Society and Environment, Vol. 1. pp