Kathmandu. The story of prosperity is not new. For more than two thousand years, stories and sub-stories of prosperity have been circulating in various civilizations. Whether in the Greek cities on the Mediterranean coast, in Egypt along the Nile River, in Chinese society along the Yellow River, or in the Gangetic plains of South Asia, discussions of personal and collective prosperity can be heard in one form or another. The provisions for property matters mentioned in Hammurabi's law or the concept of a mixed economic system put forward by Kautilya's Arthashastra, all contain discussions of prosperity, directly or indirectly. However,...