Mahatma Gandhi

“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”

Sorry I have not been here lately. Things have been very busy and the news is all about one of two things, the global economic crisis or the US Presidential election, unless you watch Nancy Grace then there is a third option. None of which I feel very comfortable writing about and would have forsaken such things if I did not have a suggestion as to how the problem could be fixed. The problem I’m speaking of is the economic meltdown, not only of the United States of America but of a majority of the world as well. This is a problem that was brought on by greed and arrogance. Many people obtained loans they couldn’t pay and the companies were more than happy to give the loans out as though they were so much candy passed out to anxious children who were afraid the supply would exhaust itself. Well it has, kiddies. The government’s solution to throw money at the problem has also been a fairly worthless gesture so far. If we really want to fix this problem we’re going to have to do it on a grand scale.
The problem alone can not be rectified by Gandhian Economics, turning to only things made in one’s own country by one’s own people. This may help on a small scale but in essance it is impractical for the world. It is my firm belief that the bottom line is that we are all born human first, then come superficial things like Nationality. If we want to fix the problem with the economy, we can’t throw money at it or resort to an every man for himself strategy. I think the one thing that would cure the economic woes of the world is to disregard all currency used by seperate nations into a single currency used by the world. This action would lead to an improvement in the market because people would be able to travel about more freely and spend money in places more freely as wll without having to pay to exchange currency. Business would be more free without having to convert money to various currencies and peoplle can more easily trade with places and companies it would have been more difficult to do before and perhaps poor nations would have a more even shake of things in conduction business with larger nations or corporations.