Acharya Prashant addresses a question about whether the decline of the Indian economy and society is due to the disappearance of spiritual texts from homes. He initially agrees but then clarifies that according to conventional economic metrics, the Indian economy is not in decline but is one of the fastest-growing in the world. He points out that over the last 30 years, per capita income has risen and poverty has decreased. However, he asserts that this is not enough and a deeper understanding is necessary. The speaker explains that an economy is fundamentally based on the value individuals assign to goods and services. This value is not inherent but is subjectively determined by what people are willing to pay, which stems from their sense of need and incompleteness. This is where spirituality becomes crucial. Our internal value system, which dictates what we consider precious, is a direct product of our self-definition. Without self-knowledge, one cannot know what one truly needs. This ignorance leads to a distorted value system where worthless things are prized highly, and truly important things are devalued. This distortion directly impacts the economy and society. An economy built on ignorance will have massive perversions, where things of no real worth are traded for crores, while truly valuable things find no takers. This is the real decline. A non-spiritual society, even with a multi-trillion-dollar economy, is essentially valuing garbage. The same logic applies to social structures like education, marriage, and governance. When individuals are ignorant of their true selves, the society they create will inevitably be in a state of decay. Acharya Prashant concludes that the root cause of this societal and economic plight is the lack of spirituality and self-knowledge. When people don't know who they are, they don't know what they truly need, leading them to value the wrong things. This results in a society where people pursue meaningless education, enter into hollow relationships, and elect unsuitable leaders. Therefore, he states that the disappearance of spiritual texts is indeed the cause of this decline, and what the world, especially India, needs most urgently is a spiritual revolution.