Persecution of Proutists Pricks Kolkata’s Conscience 30 Years On Economist Dilip Haldar has offered that “communism never existed as an economy anywhere in the world — it was just an imagination.” The statement earned Haldar standing ovations at a public PROUT seminar in Kolkata, a city that was under brutal communist rule until May last year. Media and government attitudes towards PROUT have changed significantly since. Click to read
PROUT Convention 2012, Copenhagen, July 17-22 (pdf)
Batra on Revolution, Persecution, Supply and Demand, Economic Democracy and Social Cycles
“Next year is going to be very bad in terms of the economy. Then just watch how fast the Occupy movement spreads. When it is moving so fast then you will know that the revolution is almost here.”
- Prof. Ravi Batra. Click to read the interview
The Occupy Movement and Future Options
Proposals by a Proutist Occupy activist
The Showdown: Cooperatives Vs. Stock Exchange-driven Exploitation
“We have a totally different constitutional mindset than a company.
A company’s primary objective is to maximise its profits to pay to shareholders. We do not have that. We are a people-centred business.”
- Paula Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance.
“I wouldn’t touch the stock market with a 100-foot pole.
It’s a dangerous place. It’s not safe for men, women or children.”
- David Stockman, former White House budget director.
Ours is a time of increasing collective concern and rapidly decreasing faith in self-centred capitalism. While global finance continues to tumble into final meltdown, cooperatives emerge as the new, dignified way of doing business. Click to get the prognosis
Marx, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple Many were alarmed by the way Microsoft, Amazon and Apple have been violating basic human and workers’ rights. The darlings of Wall Street and the tech-savvy have operated in a manner that reaches back to the dreadful times and conditions that stirred Karl Marx so much. PROUT offers an alternative to exploitation
Time for a Cap on Personal Wealth?
The Wealth Cap and other Proposals for Reducing Inequality
100% Employment Further escalation of the crisis of 
capitalism will cause unemployment figures to rise sharply throughout the world. One in ten adult earthlings are unemployed. Youth unemployment is particularly high: One in four youths are unemployed in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, which causes a number of establishment concerns, among them fear of more social unrest. By virtue of its decentralized, balanced economy and emphasis on the cooperative sector, PROUT guarantees 100% employment and increasing purchasing capacity for all. Click to read
The Bubble and the Wealth Gap
QE Fails to Deliver, Banking System Needs to Change
A Robin Hood Tax For Whom?
Global Water Crisis
“Constructing more deep tube wells is not the answer. Ponds, canals, dams, lakes and reservoirs should be constructed to catch the rainwater and store it for drinking water. This is the only way out of the water crisis.”
- P.R. Sarkar, click to read
Natural Accounting
Gandhi and Sarkar: The Interview Not all peace-lovers agree with Gandhi’s doctrine of ahimsa (also called satyagraha or non-violence) or his priorities in the Indian independence movement. Comparing Gandhi with Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar, who has been called India’s greatest thinker of his time, Sohail Inayatullah “interviews” the two of them.
