I was born in Philadelphia and have a distant connection to Amish land. Some of my family from Eastern Europe actually had a farm and another a tavern in the area of the Pennsylvania Dutch. I grew up with things like scrapple ( do not ask what it is, if you do not know, but boy I love it) and always admired Amish furniture and quilts and even saw hex signs on passing barns. I remember seeing Amish come into Philadelphia train station from time to time. However, the one thing that I did not know was the Amish are one of America’s most successful business communities. How do I know this?
One of my friends Erik Wesner has written an Amish business book. It just came out and I can recommend it if you want to learn about how people who use very little technology, credit or anything else connected to a post modern world, not only survive the recession but thrive.
Amish economics
For me as an armchair economist (I have a master’s degree in Economics from Trinity) and with a passing interest in the Amish in America, it will be an interesting read for me. I want to know why exactly do the Amish do so well in business, further, what are the take aways for me personally that I can apply to my life?
This is not some abstract book but rather a book written by someone who has lived and worked with the Amish and seen first hand what their economic community is about. I hope to gain some of that good old fashion, uncommon commonsense from the Amish which will apply to me personally.
This is what I hope to get out of the book when I discover the business secrets of the Amish.
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