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E. F. Schumacher

Ernst Friedrich Schumacher (1911–1977) was a German-born-British economist. He was a Rhodes Scholar and the head of planning at the British Coal Board. He founded the Intermediate Technology Development Group in 1966. He is best known for the collection of essays entitled Small is Beautiful, published in 1973. According to The London Times Literary Supplement of October 6, 1995, Small Is Beautiful ranks among the 100 most influential books published since World War II.

Selected bibliography

  • Small is Beautiful: a Study of Economics as if People Mattered (1973, ISBN 0061317780); a 25th anniversary edition was published (ISBN 0881791695)
  • A Guide for the Perplexed (1977, ISBN 022401496X; still in paperback, ISBN 0060906111)
  • This I Believe and Other Essays (1977; reissued, ISBN 1870098668)
  • Good Work (1979, ISBN 0060138572)

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Referenced By

Chesterton | G.K. Chesterton | G. K. Chesterton | Gilbert Keith Chesterton | Green economics | Green economism | Green economist | Green economists | Intermediate Technology Development Group | Intermediate technology | Rhodes Scholar | Rhodes Scholarship

 

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