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Small is beautiful : economics as if people mattered / E.F. Schumacher ; foreword by Bill McKibben.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Harper Perennial, 2010.Edition: 1st Harper Perennial edDescription: xvi, 324 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780061997761
  • 0061997765
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB 171 .S384 2010
Contents:
The problem of production -- Peace and permanence -- The role of economics -- Buddhist economics -- A question of size -- The greatest resource -- education -- The proper use of land -- Resources for industry -- Nuclear energy -- salvation or damnation? -- Technology with a human face -- Development -- Social and economic problems calling for the development of intermediate technology -- Two million villages -- The problem of unemployment in India -- A machine to foretell the future? -- Towards a theory of large-scale organisation -- Socialism -- Ownership -- New patterns of ownership.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HB 171 .S384 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5196575

"This book was originally published by Blond & Briggs Ltd., London, in 1973"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-324).

The problem of production -- Peace and permanence -- The role of economics -- Buddhist economics -- A question of size -- The greatest resource -- education -- The proper use of land -- Resources for industry -- Nuclear energy -- salvation or damnation? -- Technology with a human face -- Development -- Social and economic problems calling for the development of intermediate technology -- Two million villages -- The problem of unemployment in India -- A machine to foretell the future? -- Towards a theory of large-scale organisation -- Socialism -- Ownership -- New patterns of ownership.

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