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This I Believe: and other essays
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This unique collection of essays captures Schumacher’s enthusiasm and energy, which we need to share in order to build the foundations of a better era from our turbulent modern world. In his own words “the three-fold crisis – the crisis of resources, the ecological crisis, and the social crisis” is upon us.
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E.F. Schumacher
E.F. Schumacher (1911-1977), a groundbreaking economist and philosopher, is best known for his book Small is Beautiful: Economics as if people mattered, which introduced the idea of the human scale and became an international bestseller. A pioneer of sustainable development, E. F. Schumacher took a profound interest in education, farming, energy, industry and philosophical thought.
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