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Small is Beautiful.

3/20/2011

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In 1973/74  E.F. Schumacher wrote this little book called Small is Beautiful. Time Magazine called it one of the 100 most influential books of the twentieth century.  And when I read it 40 years later, in the middle of a world that has gone completely off the rails, I can see why.   I never imagined that a dry economic treatise could be so enthralling.  Just some random quotes:  "There can be "growth" towards a limited objective, but there cannot be unlimited, generalised growth.  Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not for every man's greed".  
He questions things that we take for granted:  e.g. The belief that the soundest foundation of peace would be universal prosperity.  Have you ever seen a society that says: Halt we have enough?  There is none... And yet earths gastank is running a little lower.  I'll get back to it.  P.s. small is beautiful doesn't apply to everything. 
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  • Community garden
  • Hoeing hens
    • On eggs
    • Grant
    • Hoeing hen slide show
    • Chicken progress report spring 2013
  • foto album
    • farm foto >
      • building the tunnel
      • Hoeing hen fotos
      • Random farm foto's
      • New chicks in old coop.
      • November2012 last nice day
      • fall tunnel 2011
      • spring tunnel 2011
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      • yellerstonetrip 2014
      • hollandenglanddec2011
      • blek en dekker
      • Jamaica2013
      • Colorado with Timmy and Johnny
      • papa's laatste dagen
      • Gineke fotos USA
  • Links@info