The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c11.s5.23

c11.s5.23

One can say, therefore, that man as a political animal has been practising planned economy all through history without knowing it or using the word. Thus considered, even the alleged "liberal" states have not been less used to it than the "conservative" states. *Planwirtschaft* cannot by any means be regarded as the exclusive or special achievement of Hindu or Oriental genius. Nor did the West have to wait until the "*neueste Zeit*" (most recent times) to commence the A. B. C. of this *Fürsorgestaat* philosophy. Breloer is extremely out of the mark in this discussion.