Balanced economy no longer
stands for the monopoly of the
comforts and benefits of civiliza-
tion by privileged classes.
Wealth no longer remains
the product of capital without
creative energy to develop fur-
ther capital: it is a constructive
force erecting everlasting mon-
uments, transforming individuals
and things, enlarging the aims of
mankind even with the sacrifice
of the individual. That is why the
State must assume the obligation
of organizing its productive forces
in order to give to the people, all
that is necessary for their great-
ness as a collective group. It
would not be able to accomplish
it however, with the sole objective
of insuring benefits, exaggerated
or limited only to groups whose
prosperity is based on the exploi-
tation of the majority. The rights
of these groups deserve respect,
however, provided they remain
within just and reasonable bounds.
The misunderstanding of
these forms of intercourse, the
inadaptability to new situations,
cause in the pessimist, the ill-
fated Cassandra of all times,
an unfounded discouragement
that leads him to somber prog-
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