... and are experiencing the after effects because their whole economic system has been converted to a market economy, which is very impersonal compared with the barter system they once had. Alter quotes a Hindu citizens thoughts on this subject, "Development has cursed us with a market economy," he said. "Before the motor roads were built the people of these mountains lived by a system of ... birder. Now we have a cash economy and the people suffer as a result. There is no sense of interdependence, no sharing of resources" (21). This change has been a direct result of the western influence...

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