to this day gandhi disciples gather on fridays to spin cotton at his commission site the same handwheel the same motions as back then when carson was spun to create the basis for economic independence. and. today it s more of a ritual than a lesson in economic theory. you ve got. to. keep. meat to kill. people skellies. ansible of self-sufficiency did prevail until the early 1990 s. . measures like high tariff levels and exchange rate management