Synopsis
The book constitutes a brief introduction to the economic paradigm called PROUT, an acronym for Progressive Utilization Theory, as well as a brief introduction to its founder, Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921-1990). PROUT is considered by the author to be a solution to 80 percent of human suffering, as that suffering is caused primariliy by faulty economic structures wherein there is economic centralization, i.e., where economic power rests in the hands of a few wealthy elite, be they corporate CEOs or party bureacrats. In contrast, PROUT advocates for economic decentralization, where economic power rests with the local people, where each community, village and town controls its own local economy, where maximum emphasis is placed on developing local, ecologically and economically sustainable communities having their own ample water supplies, growing their own agricultural produce, developing their own agri- and agrico-industries, and with resulting revenue building their own educational system, medcal clinics and hospital, and especially low-cost homes for the deeply impoverished human beings. The cooperative business model forms the bedrock of the PROUT paradigm, with the goal being to run all companies as cooperatives and to eventually create a cooperative commonwealth, a vast network of cooperatives interlinking and networking with one another so as to create something akin to utopia on earth, with people working in their own cooperatively owned banks and schools, living in their own cooperative housing, growing their own cooperatively owned agricultural produce and developing more and more cooperatively managed agrico-industries. With cooperatives as the bedrock, PROUT becomes a win-win situation. The solutions to the present economic chaos around the world are simple. The book presents those solutions in straightforward, easy to grasp language, and is addressed to all those people who comprise 'suffering humanity' so that they can learn of this new economic alternative which can become the panacea for the poor - the alternative called PROUT. The book also presents the remarkable - nay astounding - personality of the man who founded the PROUT paradigm - Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.
About the Author
Garda Ghista has been a lifelong follower of Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar and written numerous articles on his socio-economic philosophy called Prout. Sh is convinced that Prout's key principles of economic decentralization as well as creation of cooperative commonwealths in every region of the world can solve the present economic depression. Garda Ghsita has a BA in Journalism and MA in Integrative Studies, both of which enable her to write on a large variety of topics. In her writing, she invariably seeks solutions to problems besetting today's world, be they economic, social, cultural or moral issues. In January 2010 she founded a new NGO called Hearts Healing Hunger with global headquarters in Denver, Colorado, USA and the first branch office in Siliguri, North Bengal, India. The first and foremost goal of Hearts Healing Hunger is to feed the hungry people everywhere. She believes that with the combination of financial collapse and climate change, this work will be critical in the coming years. If you wish to help in this work, please contact her at gardaghista@gmail.com.
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