Author: Peter Weiermair
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Small is Beautiful
Author: Peter Weiermair
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Small Is Beautiful: 10 Years of Mini-ITX
Author: MetaPlume
Publisher: MetaPlume Corporation
ISBN: 0987209574
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher: MetaPlume Corporation
ISBN: 0987209574
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Small is Still Beautiful
Author: Joseph Pearce
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684516854
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A third of a century ago, E. F. Schumacher rang out a timely warning against the idolatry of giantism with his book Small Is Beautiful. Schumacher, a highly respected economist and adviser to third-world governments, broke ranks with the accepted wisdom of his peers to warn of impending calamity if rampant consumerism, technological dynamism, and economic expansionism were not checked by human and environmental considerations. Joseph Pearce revisits Schumacher’s arguments and examines the multifarious ways in which Schumacher’s ideas themselves still matter. Faced though we are with fearful new technological possibilities and the continued centralization of power in large governmental and economic structures, there is still the possibility of pursuing a saner and more sustainable vision for humanity. Bigger is not always best, Pearce reminds us, and small is still beautiful. Humanity was lurching blindly in the wrong direction, argued Schumacher. Its obsessive pursuit of wealth would not, as so many believed, ultimately lead to utopia but more probably to catastrophe. Schumacher's greatest achievement was the fusion of ancient wisdom and modern economics in a language that encapsulated contemporary doubts and fears about the industrialized world. The wisdom of the ages, the perennial truths that have guided humanity throughout its history, serves as a constant reminder to each new generation of the limits to human ambition. But if this wisdom is a warning, it is also a battle cry. Schumacher saw that we needed to relearn the beauty of smallness, of human-scale technology and environments.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684516854
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A third of a century ago, E. F. Schumacher rang out a timely warning against the idolatry of giantism with his book Small Is Beautiful. Schumacher, a highly respected economist and adviser to third-world governments, broke ranks with the accepted wisdom of his peers to warn of impending calamity if rampant consumerism, technological dynamism, and economic expansionism were not checked by human and environmental considerations. Joseph Pearce revisits Schumacher’s arguments and examines the multifarious ways in which Schumacher’s ideas themselves still matter. Faced though we are with fearful new technological possibilities and the continued centralization of power in large governmental and economic structures, there is still the possibility of pursuing a saner and more sustainable vision for humanity. Bigger is not always best, Pearce reminds us, and small is still beautiful. Humanity was lurching blindly in the wrong direction, argued Schumacher. Its obsessive pursuit of wealth would not, as so many believed, ultimately lead to utopia but more probably to catastrophe. Schumacher's greatest achievement was the fusion of ancient wisdom and modern economics in a language that encapsulated contemporary doubts and fears about the industrialized world. The wisdom of the ages, the perennial truths that have guided humanity throughout its history, serves as a constant reminder to each new generation of the limits to human ambition. But if this wisdom is a warning, it is also a battle cry. Schumacher saw that we needed to relearn the beauty of smallness, of human-scale technology and environments.
Proverbium
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Proverbs
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Yearbook of international proverb scholarship.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Proverbs
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Yearbook of international proverb scholarship.
Too Small to Fail
Author: James, R Breiding
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9353023580
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Too Small to Fail analyzes how several successful 'small' countries, with populations under twenty million, have made a virtue out of their physical limitations. The book seeks to understand what it is they do differently, and why. What is their recipe for achieving better-educated, more egalitarian and wealthier populations? The book looks first at the forest and then the trees. It examines the characteristics shared by small countries, such as Switzerland, Ireland, Singapore, and the Scandinavian states. It draws parallels and discovers patterns shared among them that are common to each of their success stories. The book then looks at the policies of selected countries that have paved the way for remarkable improvements; and considers the individuals, corporations and institutions that have made a positive and sustainable impact. It further goes on to explain how these small countries are reshaping the World in a never before manner.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9353023580
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Too Small to Fail analyzes how several successful 'small' countries, with populations under twenty million, have made a virtue out of their physical limitations. The book seeks to understand what it is they do differently, and why. What is their recipe for achieving better-educated, more egalitarian and wealthier populations? The book looks first at the forest and then the trees. It examines the characteristics shared by small countries, such as Switzerland, Ireland, Singapore, and the Scandinavian states. It draws parallels and discovers patterns shared among them that are common to each of their success stories. The book then looks at the policies of selected countries that have paved the way for remarkable improvements; and considers the individuals, corporations and institutions that have made a positive and sustainable impact. It further goes on to explain how these small countries are reshaping the World in a never before manner.
Greene County, 1803-1908
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greene County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greene County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Survival of the Individual
Author: Apa Pant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Small is Beautiful
Author: Ernst Friedrich Schumacher
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099225611
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A controversial study, first published in 1973, of the economic structure of the western world. Schumacher maintains that man's current pursuit of profit and progress has resulted in gross economic inefficiency, environmental pollution and inhumane working conditions.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099225611
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A controversial study, first published in 1973, of the economic structure of the western world. Schumacher maintains that man's current pursuit of profit and progress has resulted in gross economic inefficiency, environmental pollution and inhumane working conditions.
Public Administration Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pakistan
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pakistan
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Effective Small Business Management
Author: Norman M. Scarborough
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Covering small business management, this work emphasizes entrepreneurship.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Covering small business management, this work emphasizes entrepreneurship.