“The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.” — Jawaharlal Nehru

J.L. Nehru in this quotation remarks that if the forces in capitalist society like individualism, profit motive, laissez-faire etc are not kept under check, then rich would turn more richer and poor would turn more poorer. This would lead to a disproportionate and non-inclusive growth.

Eg:- In absence of labour laws, capitalists would employ labour for 15-18 hours with miserable salary, thus turning rich at cost of poor.

Gandhiji had remarked- "Focus should be on those at the bottom of ladder and not on prosperity of those at top of ladder."

Thus there is need to keep capitalistic society under check to promote pro-poor led growth and not pro-rich led growth.