For economics to aid in the creation of world peace, it must be organized in the service of world peace.

“In 2004, the U.S. military budget was $400 billion, about 40 percent of the total military spending of $950 billion. It is estimated that an annual expenditure of just $237,5 billion for then years would provide global health care, eliminate starvation and malnutrition, provide clean water and shelter for everyone, remove land mines, stop deforestation, prevent global warming and acid rain, dissolve the debtor nations, prevent soil erosion, produce safe and clean energy, and eliminate illiteracy. In other words, we have the ability, with a simple shift in our consciousness and within ten years, to create a world of physical peace. But it must, and does, come from changing our consciousness, which is the source of that shift. To do that we have to face out shadow and let the light guide us to a way of life that leads us to peace. Economics without morality brings chaos and war, not peace. For economics to aid in the creation of world peace, it must be organized in the service of world peace.” – Gabriel Cousens, Creating Peace by Being Peace, The Essene Sevenfold Path