Gandhiji On Economic Matters
October 2, 2014 Leave a comment
Today’s post is a way of recalling Gandhiji’s thoughts on his Birth Anniversary-Gandhi Jayanti. The UN observes it as the International Day Of Non-Violence.
Taxation
All taxation to be healthy must return tenfold to the taxpayer in the form of necessary services.
Utility
The amount of public support that an institution can command affords a true measure of its utility.
Capital
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
Japan
I am convinced that the capitalist, if he follows the Samurai of Japan, has nothing really to lose and everything to gain. Read more of this post
Many people stick to jobs they detest. Why? It’s often the fear of poverty and the fear they can’t manage without a regular source of income. Not having a regular source of income, is far from ideal and stressful, but many people learn to manage and it gives them an shakeable confidence in their ability to weather financial reversals in life. Quite unlike the multi-millionaire here:
“There is an approach called “working backwards” that is widely used at Amazon. We try to work backwards from the customer, rather than starting with an idea for a product and trying to bolt customers onto it. While working backwards can be applied to any specific product decision, using this approach is especially important when developing new products or features.



