Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)
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Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)
An arresting plea for ‘small is beautiful’ in an economy increasingly oriented around breakneck growth, financialization, increasing monopolies, and industry consolidation.
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You walk down your high street. What do you prefer to see there? The economist will say: Walmart, Best Buy, the Gap. Scale economies — cheaper prices — better for “consumers”! But the human being will say: an independent cafe, a good bookshop, a boutique clothing store. Why? Because they offer many things that mega scale organizations don’t.