Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)
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E. F. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful
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En 1819, le Suisse Jean de Sismondi cherchait à définir une nouvelle approche de l’économie politique qui ait pour but non l’accumulation de richesses mais le bien-être humain. Dans les années 1860, le Britannique John Ruskin prit la relève, dénonçant la vision socio-économique de son temps : « Il n’y a de richesse que la vie […]. Le pays le plus r
... See moreIn his book Good Work, the visionary economic thinker E.F. Schumacher lyrically describes the ‘longing for freedom’ that has become so widespread in Western society. This desire, he says, encapsulates a range of liberating ideas:
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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