{"product_id":"9780061997761","title":"Small Is Beautiful : Economics as if People Mattered","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): E. F. Schumacher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling “Eco Bible” (Time magazine) teaches us that economic growth must be responsibly balanced with the needs of communities and the environment. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Embracing what Schumacher stood for--above all the idea of sensible scale--is the task for our time. \u003cem\u003eSmall is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e could not be more relevant. It was first published in 1973, but it was written for our time.” — Bill McKibben, from the Foreword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e is Oxford-trained economist E. F. Schumacher’s classic call for the end of excessive consumption. Schumacher inspired such movements as “Buy Locally” and “Fair Trade,” while voicing strong opposition to “casino capitalism” and wasteful corporate behemoths. Named one of the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement’s\u003c\/em\u003e 100 Most Influential Books Since World War II, \u003cem\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e presents eminently logical arguments for building our economies around the needs of communities, not corporations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Embracing what Schumacher stood for--above all the idea of sensible scale--is the task for our time. \u003cem\u003eSmall is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e could not be more relevant. It was first published in 1973, but it was written for our time.”\u003cbr\u003e“An eco-bible.”\u003cbr\u003e“Nothing less than a full-scale assault on conventional economic wisdom. Economists, Schumacher says, have established material growth as the most important measure of social progress. . . . Schumacher believes economists need a new set of values . . . to obtain maximum well-being with minimum consumption.\"\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e changed the way many people think about bigness and its human costs.”\u003cbr\u003e“Schumacher articulated truths that a funamentally true regardless of time, culture, or prevailing economic system . . . \u003cem\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e is and always has been one of those rare books--a book that can inform a lifetime.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061997761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41102806810830,"sku":"9780061997761","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061997761_77c310c0-d3b5-4e78-92e2-5044561ba7b0.jpg?v=1652143909","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061997761","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}