A review by zipdaclypse
Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered by Ernst F. Schumacher

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

It’s remarkable (and a bit depressing) how many of his philosophical questions back in the 1970s feel like questions posed today, as well as how many of his predictions about economic development and environmental degradation were fairly accurate (despite writing to the acceleration of the greenhouse effect). I found his explanation on the importance of Buddhist economics particularly engaging, as well as his ideas around how to balance innovation and freedom with new forms of ownership and business structure.