Small is beautiful : ecomomics as if people mattered : 25 years later ... with commentaries / E.F. Schumacher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schumacher, E. F. (Ernst Friedrich), 1911-1977.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics.

Physical Description:

xvii, 286 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Point Roberts, Wash. : Hartley & Marks Publishers, 1999.

Summary:

Small is Beautiful is the perfect antidote to the economics of globalization. As relevant today as when it was first published, this is a landmark set of essays on humanistic economics. This 25th anniversary edition brings Schumacher's ideas into focus for the end-of-the-century by adding commentaries by contemporary thinkers who have been influenced by Schumacher. They analyze the impact of his philosophy on current political and economic thought. Small is Beautiful is the classic of common sense economics upon which many recent trends in our society are founded. This is economics from the heart rather than from just the bottom line.

Contents:

Part I The Modern World

1. The Problem of Production 3

2. Peace and Permanence 11

3. The Role of Economics 26

4. Buddhist Economics 37

5. A Question of Size 46

6. The Greatest Resource

Education 59

7. The Proper Use of Land 80

8. Resources for Industry 94

9. Nuclear Energy

Salvation or Damnation? 109

10. Technology with a Human Face 120

Part III The Third World

11. Development 135

12. Social and Economic Problems Calling for the Development of Intermediate Techology 142

13. Two Million Villages 159

14. The Problem of Unemployment in India 172

Part IV Organisation and Ownership

15. A Machine to Foretell the Future? 187

16. Towards a Theory of Large-Scale Organisation 203

17. Socialism 214

18. Ownership 221

19. New Patterns of Ownership 230.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Blond and Briggs, 1973.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0881791695

OCLC:

39281987