Small is Beautiful

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(ABACUSj
Small is Beautiful looks at the economic structure of the Western world in
a revolutionary way. For Dr Schumacher maintains that Man's current
pursuit of profit and progress, which promotes giant organisations and
increased specialisation, has in fact resulted in gross economic
inefficiency, environmental pollution and inhumane working conditions.
Dr Schumacher challenges the doctrine of economic, technological and
scientific specialisation and proposes a system of Intermediate
Technology, based on smaller working units, communal ownership, and
regional workplaces utilising local labour and resources. With the
emphasis on the person not the product, Small is Beautiful points the way
to a world in which Capital serves Man instead of Man remaining a slave
to Capital.
'A book of heart and hope and downright commonsense about the
future____The basic message in this tremendously thought-
provoking book is that man is pulling the earth and himself out of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

(ABACUSj
Small is Beautiful looks at the economic structure of the Western world in
a revolutionary way. For Dr Schumacher maintains that Man's current
pursuit of profit and progress, which promotes giant organisations and
increased specialisation, has in fact resulted in gross economic
inefficiency, environmental pollution and inhumane working conditions.
Dr Schumacher challenges the doctrine of economic, technological and
scientific specialisation and proposes a system of Intermediate
Technology, based on smaller working units, communal ownership, and
regional workplaces utilising local labour and resources. With the
emphasis on the person not the product, Small is Beautiful points the way
to a world in which Capital serves Man instead of Man remaining a slave
to Capital.
'A book of heart and hope and downright commonsense about the
future____The basic message in this tremendously thought-
provoking book is that man is pulling the earth and himself out of
equilibrium by applying only one test to everything he does:
money, profits, and therefore giant operations. We have got to ask
instead', what about the cost in human terms, in happiness, health,
beauty and conserving the planet?'
Peter Lewis, Daily Mail
'Dr Schumacher offers stimulation____Controversially he appears
to be on the winning side'
Times Literary Supplement
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