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=== United States === The Amish community are an example of economic development being possible without complete modernisation. Profit is given less importance to religion and its values.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dana |first1=LΓ©o-Paul |title=A Humility-Based Enterprising Community: The Amish People in Lancaster County |journal=Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy |date=2007 |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=142β154 |doi=10.1108/17506200710752566}}</ref> Farmers in the [[Amish]] community refrain from using modern technological equipment and still find ways to sell their products at market prices and make profits.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lutz |first1=Martin |title=The Amish in the Market: Competing against the Odds |journal=American Studies Journal |date=2017 |volume=63 |doi=10.18422/63-03 |url=http://www.asjournal.org/63-2017/amish-market-competing-odds/}}</ref> By engaging in the wider economy, the Amish community are better able to deal with population growth, land price increases, as well as rises in costs of goods and services not being produced by the Amish community itself. As such, the Amish still find themselves subject to the economic factors of supply and demand changes, rapid changes in legal and political environments, as well the impacts of [[Globalization|globalisation]].
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