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Small is beautiful : economics as if people mattered / E. F. Schumacher ; foreword by Bill McKibben.

Schumacher, E. F. (Ernst Friedrich), 1911-1977 (Author). McKibben, Bill, (author of introduction, etc.).

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  • ISBN: 0061997765
  • ISBN: 9780061997761
  • Physical Description: xvi, 324 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st Harper Perennial edition
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Harper Perennial, [2010]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This book was originally published by Blond & Briggs Ltd., London, in 1973."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-324)
Formatted Contents Note:
The problem of production -- Peace and permanence -- The role of economics -- Buddhist economics -- A question of size -- The greatest resource - education -- The proper use of land -- Resources for industry -- Nuclear energy - salvation or damnation? -- Technology with a human face -- Development -- Social and economic problems calling for the development of intermediate technology -- Two million villages -- The problem of unemployment in India -- A machine to foretell the future? -- Towards a theory of large-scale organisation -- Socialism -- Ownership -- New patterns of ownership.
Target Audience Note:
1330L Lexile
Subject: Economics.

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