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

By: Schumacher, E. F. (Ernst Friedrich), 1911-1977.
Contributor(s): McKibben, Bill.
New York, N.Y. Harper Perennial, 2010Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed.Description: xvi, 324 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780061997761.Subject(s): EconomicsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
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
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"This book was originally published by Blond & Briggs Ltd., London, in 1973."--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-324)

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

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