Brahmans

Economic laws are universal, and humans respond to incentives and coercion more or less the same way everywhere and in every culture. But I do advocate here and believe that there is a need for a Brahman School of Economics for developing a holistic theory of economic development of Brahmans to achieve self-reliance. True happiness is possible, according to Sanatana Dharma, only if material progress that is attained is moderated and harmonized by spiritual values. This is the Brahmanical principle of economic development. As Bruce Rich aptly summarized it quoting Kautilya, otherwise known as Chanakya, that subject to dharma, priority be given to artha, i.e., the society's and individual's material wealth and well-being, with the subsequent aim of experiencing kama but ultimately striving to attain moksha. The Renaissance of Brahmans, is through the harmonization of material pursuits with spiritual and moral values. The economic policy thus designed, must be consistent with the spiritual values embedded in Sanatana Dharma.