Small is beautiful : economics as if people mattered

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This New York Times bestselling Eco Bible (Time magazine) teaches us that economic growth must be responsibly balanced with the needs of communities and the environment. Embracing what Schumacher stood for--above all the idea of sensible scale--is the task for our time.Small is Beautifulcould not be more relevant. It was first published in 1973, but it was written for our time.Bill McKibben, from the Foreword Small Is Beautiful is Oxford-trained economist E. F. Schumachers classic call for the end of excessive consumption. Schumacher inspired such movements as Buy Locally and Fair Trade, while voicing strong opposition to casino capitalism and wasteful corporate behemoths. Named one of the Times Literary Supplements 100 Most Influential Books Since World War II, Small Is Beautiful presents eminently logical arguments for building our economies around the needs of communities, not corporations.