An amusing and thoughtful article which provides an economic interpretation of an ancient Jataka Tale (a tale of the Buddha in a previous life). A young guy finds a dead mouse on the road…a short time later he has 200,000 pieces of silver…he just followed a Bodhisattav’s advice. :P
When Compassion Becomes Capital: The Economics of a Dead Mouse
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