[D66] Small Is Beautiful

[R.O.]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful



/*Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered*/ is a 
collection of essays by German-born British economist E. F. Schumacher 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._F._Schumacher>. The phrase "Small Is 
Beautiful" came from a principle espoused by Schumacher's teacher 
Leopold Kohr <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Kohr>^[1] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful#cite_note-NYT-Kohr-1> 
(1909-1994) The concept is often used^[/by whom? 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions>/] 
to champion small, appropriate technologies 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_technologies> or polities 
that are believed^[/by whom? 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions>/] 
to empower people more, in contrast with phrases such as "bigger is 
better".

First published in 1973, /Small Is Beautiful/ brought Schumacher's 
critiques of Western economics 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_economics&action=edit&redlink=1> 
to a wider audience during the 1973 energy crisis 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_energy_crisis> and the 
popularisation of the concept of globalization 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization>.^[2] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful#cite_note-2> In 1995 
/The Times Literary Supplement/ ranked /Small Is Beautiful/ among the 
100 most influential books published since World War II 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II>.^[3] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful#cite_note-TLS100-3> A 
further edition with commentaries was published in 1999.^[4] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful#cite_note-Commentaries-4>

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