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Small Is Beautiful
E F Schumacher
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Description for Small Is Beautiful
Paperback. A study of economics and its purpose. It examines our modern economic system - its use of resources and impact on how we live - questioning whether they reflect what we truly care about. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCA; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
How does our economic system impact the way we live? Does it really affect what we truly care about?
Oxford economist E. F. Schumacher provides an enlightening study of our economic system and its purpose, challenging the current state of excessive consumption in our society. Offering a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance economic growth with the human costs of globalisation, Small Is Beautiful puts forward the revolutionary yet viable case for building our economies around the needs of communities, not corporations.
‘One of the 100 most influential books published since World War ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099225614
SKU
9780099225614
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About E F Schumacher
Before the publication of Small is Beautiful, his bestselling reappraisal of Western economic attitudes, Dr E. F. Schumacher was already well known as an economist, journalist and progressive entrepreneur. He was Economic Adviser to the National Coal Board from 1950 to 1970, and was also the originator of the concept of Intermediate Technology for developing countries and Founder and Chairman ... Read more
Reviews for Small Is Beautiful
A book of heart and hope and downright common sense about the future.
Peter Lewis
Daily Mail
Peter Lewis
Daily Mail