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That which is man-made can certainly be resolved. If we harmonise the systems, we can integrate Mahavira, Gandhi, Marx and Keynes. Where Keynes says that we achieve enormous development, produce more and more and also develop resources, Mahavira's voice ought to be heard :
"Kalyanam Aham Appa va bahura va paiygham parichchissami' The world be thankful when I would relinquish excessive possessions.
On the one side, there is a feeling of relinquishment, a feeling of disbursement, and on the other, there is a feeling of acquiring more and more. When both these voices are heard, our new
economic system will yield a new solution. The world will become more practical, more meaningful. Whenever there is only one voice to be heard, there can be no rational solution. That is why we combine both the elements of truth; both these go on continuously ringing in our ears. Neither intense passion will expand with wealth, nor poverty and starvation will persist. Man will heave a sigh of relief only when this kind of a new system evolves itself.
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