Gandhian Trusteeship & Non-Violence: The Basis for a Creative Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zdt6VRyOmY Rajni Bakshi Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations Feb 21, 2014
Societies around the world are struggling to combat problems arising out of environmental crises and growing inequality between the rich and poor, which constitute major risks to economic and social stability. As these problems escalate, there is a need to look at unconventional solutions; Mahatma Gandhi's idea of Trusteeship provides the basis for a creative solution to problems of inequality and environmental crises.
The idea of Trusteeship is based on the premise that you are never really the 'owner' of wealth but rather its temporary holder, as a benevolent custodian. Gandhi was confident that eventually Trusteeship would offer an alternative to both capitalism and socialism. What was the reasoning behind Gandhi's idea of Trusteeship? How does it go beyond philanthropy and CSR? How can it serve as the foundation for a non-violent and creative society?
Trusteeship: A futuristic concept
https://www.gatewayhouse.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gandhiantrusteeshipandnonviolence.pdf Can Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of Trusteeship enable the creation of a broader, more wholesome definition of value?
trusteeship and how it how it connects to Modern Life.
https://www.gatewayhouse.in/trusteeship-a-futuristic-concept/ creating new metrics of ‘valuation’
Trusteeship is a futuristic concept which radically challenges the very concept of ownership.
Gandhi’s concept of Trusteeship is based on the premise that you are never really the ‘owner’ of wealth but rather its temporary holder or caretaker. Gandhi argued, while these special abilities need to be honored they ought not to be used to concentrate money-power in the hands of a few.
George Soros has repeatedly argued that since all wealth is generated in a social and cultural context, it is never really private.