The Book Depository Small Is Beautiful by E F Schumacher
246 ratings
TO EXPLORE MORE
Price: £16.53
Brand: The Book Depository
Description: Small Is Beautiful : Paperback : Harper Collins Publishers Inc : 9780061997761 : 0061997765 : 19 Oct 2010 : As relevant as when it was first published, Small Is Beautiful is an eloquent exploration of economic programs that take the average person into consideration. The Book Depository Small Is Beautiful by E F Schumacher - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: The Book Depository
Product ID: 9780061997761
MPN: 0061997765
GTIN: 9780061997761
Author: Titus L
Rating: 5
Review: Although a bit dated which is apparent when he refers to specific details, Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful; Economics As If People Mattered is a wonderful starters introduction to Economics and how the preoccupation with profit and materialism has begun to undermine the deeper and higher values upon which human society might be built. Schumacher provides a series of simple to understand perspectives on how the world businesses might practice a more inclusive and compassionate set of values, which would paradoxically serve themselves; their employees and societies and the earth-eco and biosphere's in the longer run would flourish for all. For any who find these views to be a bit whimsical or lacking in fiber, I gladly refer them to read Naomi Klein's groundbreaking book "The Shock Doctrine; Rise of Disaster Capitalism" (NOT for the faint hearted) which portrays the unbelievably malicious destructive and distopian forces of economic exploitation for short term gain by the few in the name of 'freedom' that has been visited upon the earth and her peoples since the former was written. To read this book in these turbulent times is a call to reconsider Schumacher's suggestions.
Author: Roderick McLeod
Rating: 1
Review: This excellent and important book is ruined, for me, in the Kindle edition by the number of typing errors.
