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Small Is Beautiful

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Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered is a collection of essays by German born British economist E. F. Schumacher. [1]

26 relations: A Guide for the Perplexed, Appropriate technology, Buddhist economics, Capital (economics), Commanding heights of the economy, Distributism, E. F. Schumacher, Economy, Fossil fuel, Globalization, Hardcover, Hartley & Marks Publishers, Income, Leopold Kohr, Moderately prosperous society, Natural resource, Pollution, Simple living, Sustainable development, Technology transfer, The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, Third World, World War II, World-systems theory, 1973 oil crisis.

A Guide for the Perplexed

A Guide for the Perplexed is a short book by E. F. Schumacher, published in 1977.

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Appropriate technology

Appropriate technology is a movement (and its manifestations) encompassing technological choice and application that is small-scale, decentralized, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sound, and locally autonomous.

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Buddhist economics

Buddhist economics is a spiritual and philosophical approach to the study of economics.

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Capital (economics)

In economics, capital consists of an asset that can enhance one's power to perform economically useful work.

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Commanding heights of the economy

Commanding heights of the economy refers to existing private industry essential to the economy like public utilities, natural resources, heavy industry, and transport, as well as control over foreign and domestic trade.

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Distributism

Distributism is an economic ideology that developed in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century based upon the principles of Catholic social teaching, especially the teachings of Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical Rerum novarum and Pope Pius XI in Quadragesimo anno.

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E. F. Schumacher

Ernst Friedrich Schumacher (19 August 1911 – 4 September 1977) was a German statistician and economist who is best known for his proposals for human-scale, decentralised and appropriate technologies.

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Economy

An economy (from Greek οίκος – "household" and νέμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution, or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents.

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Fossil fuel

A fossil fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes, such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, containing energy originating in ancient photosynthesis.

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Globalization

Globalization or globalisation is the process of interaction and integration between people, companies, and governments worldwide.

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Hardcover

A hardcover or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of Binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).

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Hartley & Marks Publishers

Hartley & Marks Publishers is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based publishing company that began as a publisher of books on a diverse range of esoteric subjects.

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Income

Income is the consumption and savings opportunity gained by an entity within a specified timeframe, which is generally expressed in monetary terms.

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Leopold Kohr

Leopold Kohr (5 October 1909 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria – 26 February 1994 in Gloucester, England) was an economist, jurist and political scientist known both for his opposition to the "cult of bigness" in social organization and as one of those who inspired the small is beautiful movement.

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Moderately prosperous society

Moderately prosperous society is a Chinese term, originally of Confucianism, used to describe a society composed of a functional middle-class.

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Natural resource

Natural resources are resources that exist without actions of humankind.

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Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.

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Simple living

Simple living encompasses a number of different voluntary practices to simplify one's lifestyle.

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Sustainable development

Sustainable development is the organizing principle for meeting human development goals while at the same time sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services upon which the economy and society depend.

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Technology transfer

Technology transfer, also called transfer of technology (TOT), is the process of transferring (disseminating) technology from the places and ingroups of its origination to wider distribution among more people and places.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Times Literary Supplement

The Times Literary Supplement (or TLS, on the front page from 1969) is a weekly literary review published in London by News UK, a subsidiary of News Corp.

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Third World

The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Communist Bloc.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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World-systems theory

World-systems theory (also known as world-systems analysis or the world-systems perspective)Immanuel Wallerstein, (2004), "World-systems Analysis." In World System History, ed.

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1973 oil crisis

The 1973 oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful

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