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020			_a9780099225614
041			_aEnglish
082			_a330 SCH
100			_aSchumacher
245			_aSmall is beautiful : _ba study of economics as if people mattered / _cE.F. Schumacher.
260			_aLondon : _bVintage, _c1993.
300			_axi, 259 p. ; _c20 cm.
440			_aVintage book.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aSmall is Beautiful is E F Schumacher's stimulating and controversial study of world economies. This remarkable book is as relevant today and its themes as pertinent and thought-provoking as when it was first published thirty years ago. Small is Beautiful looks at the economic structure of the Western world in a revolutionary way. 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 ineffieciency, environmental pollution and inhumane working conditions. 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. economic geography. economic history.
650			_aEconomics.
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