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“Much of the economic decay of southeast Asia (as of many other parts of the world) is undoubtedly due to a heedless and shameful neglect of trees.”

Quote by E. F. Schumacher

Book:SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

This influential book delves into the economic and social implications of small-scale industries and decentralized systems, advocating for a shift away from large-scale, centralized economies. It examines the advantages of smaller, more localized economies and the potential for increased efficiency and quality of life through community-based production. more

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E. F. Schumacher

E. F. Schumacher was an outstanding statistician known for his contributions to economics and sustainable development research. He was born on August 16, 1911, and passed away on September 4, 1977. more

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“Everything can be seen directly except the eye through which we see.”

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“Our task - and the task of all education - is to understand the present world, the world in which we live and make our choices.”

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“The most striking about modern industry is that it requires so much and accomplishes so little. Modern industry seems to be inefficient to a degree that surpasses one's ordinary powers of imagination. Its inefficiency therefore remains unnoticed.”

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“We still have to learn how to live peacefully, not only with our fellow men but also with nature and, above all, with those Higher Powers which have made nature and have made us; for, assuredly, we have not come about by accident and certainly have not made ourselves”

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“Work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and the bliss of leisure.”

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“There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none.”

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“The modern world tends to be skeptical about everything that makes demands on man's higher faculties. But it is not at all skeptical about skepticism, which demands hardly anything.”

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“The way in which we experience and interpret the world obviously depends very much indeed on the kind of ideas that fill our minds. If they are mainly small, weak, superficial, and incoherent, life will appear insipid , uninteresting, petty and chaotic.”

“If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters”

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“You can either read something many times in order to be assured that you got it all, or else you can define your purpose and use techniques which will assure that you have met it and gotten what you need”

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