EF Schumacher

Radical economist and philosopher, Dr. E.F Schumacher, author of ‘Small is Beautiful’

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@jimmyshoe22 We're proud of you, James. We also think you're utterly mad! Love from the Schumachers at Cranleigh

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Observer article has provoked strong responses: http://bit.ly/g4LOhn

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Buy the Observer tomorrow 27th March, to read a centenary article about Schumacher's life, work and relevance to today. Hope it will be good

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Happy New Year. The centenary, 100 years since Schumacher's birth, starts now! Join in at www.ef-schumacher.org

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Catch up with Schumacher talking about the spiritual and economic crises we faced in 1976 - sound familiar? http://bit.ly/hLeBUq

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Innovation comes in small packages... http://bit.ly/eTP3CX

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Very interesting Question Time last week discussing measurements of wellbeing: see chapter 5 on Happiness!! http://bbc.in/gTKjGy

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"In large-scale enterprise, private ownership is a fiction...enabling functionless owners to live parasitically on the labours of others."

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Harvard's MBA programme is now ensuring that all students study business ethics - they are allowed to be fully human. http://bbc.in/aHbawk

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How about it! Accounting for people not just GDP. You mean things we really care about???! http://bit.ly/bJCkVS

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Jerry Brown, speaker at EF Schumacher's memorial service in Nov 1977, wins governorship of California again 3 decades on!

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http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/40546/3/small_is_beautiful_the_case_for_local_development.html

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“The most striking thing about modern industry is that it requires so much and accomplishes so little.”

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www.slowfood.com/international/slow-stories/83464/revisiting-small-is-beautiful/q=FCC587?-session=query_session:42F942931900a2805Amhy2FAE046

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A really interesting look at the question of size. [From the Archives] Small is Beautiful: The value of small schools: http://t.co/EQZXCnj

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According to the American Tony Quinn, Small is not beautiful, it's just small.

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It's great that the 'Small is...' Festival is happening today at Practical Action UK. His ideas are still driving forward. ;-)

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"...Dr Schumacher belongs to this intensely creative minority." The Times following Schumachers death on this day in 1977.

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"To very few people is it given to begin to change, drastically and creatively, the direction of human thought..."

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Rather an interesting article I discovered from 40 years ago! http://distributistreview.com/mag/2010/08/small-is-beautiful-and-so-is-rome/