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Book 26 Page 5
Gross national wealth
Gross national happiness, / or gross national product.
Which is more important, / the people or the buck?
Do people come first / or is it the economy that is the master?
Do we slow down or just, / keep on going faster?
Is it materialism that will dictates, / what we say and do.
Or is it simply ‘gross national happiness,’ / for me and for you.
Which is the greater force in determining ‘human conduct’?
People’s ultimate happiness, / or the mighty ‘gross national buck?’
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