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"Nothing less than a full-scale assault on conventional economic wisdom." — Newsweek One the 100 most influential books published since World War II — The Times Literary Supplement Hailed as an "eco-bible" by Time magazine, E.F. Schumacher's riveting, richly researched statement on sustainability has become more relevant and vital with each year since its initial groundbreaking publication during the 1973 energy crisis. A landmark statement against "bigger is better" industrialism, Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful paved the way for twenty-first century books on environmentalism and economics, like Jeffrey Sachs's The End of Poverty , Paul Hawken's Natural Capitalism , Mohammad Yunis's Banker to the Poor , and Bill McKibben's Deep Economy . This timely reissue offers a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance economic growth with the human costs of globalization.
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Small is Beautiful, Ernst Friedrich Schumacher
- Language
- Released
- 1974
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
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- €9.79
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- Title
- Small is Beautiful
- Subtitle
- A Study of Economics as if People Mattered
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ernst Friedrich Schumacher
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Released
- 1974
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0349131384
- ISBN13
- 9780349131382
- Series
- Tags
- Business, Philosophical Topics, Politics, Environmental Themes, Gifts for grandpa, Sustainability
- First published
- 1973
- Original title
- Small is Beautiful
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- "Nothing less than a full-scale assault on conventional economic wisdom." — Newsweek One the 100 most influential books published since World War II — The Times Literary Supplement Hailed as an "eco-bible" by Time magazine, E.F. Schumacher's riveting, richly researched statement on sustainability has become more relevant and vital with each year since its initial groundbreaking publication during the 1973 energy crisis. A landmark statement against "bigger is better" industrialism, Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful paved the way for twenty-first century books on environmentalism and economics, like Jeffrey Sachs's The End of Poverty , Paul Hawken's Natural Capitalism , Mohammad Yunis's Banker to the Poor , and Bill McKibben's Deep Economy . This timely reissue offers a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance economic growth with the human costs of globalization.