“The problem today is not lack of proper resources, but lack of proper distribution.”
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Plausible Gandhian sentiment on economic distribution, but no primary citation (Young India/Harijan/CWMG) found and no sourced entry on the en.wikiquote Gandhi page; Goodreads listed only 1 like and no source.
Likely origin: No reliable primary source; unsourced saying widely credited to Gandhi with no book or dated publication cited.
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Scarcity is often a story we tell about supply when the real trouble is how what already exists gets shared out. Framing it this way shifts the search away from producing ever more and toward the channels, priorities, and access that decide who ends up with enough.
When to use it
- A food bank finds the town has plenty; the gap is moving surplus from full kitchens to empty pantries.
- A company has budget for raises but pours it into perks that few employees actually use.
- A hospital isn't short on beds so much as on a system to move patients into the empty ones.