Philosophical
What if bigger is actually worse?
For decades, the economic consensus was simple: scale up everything. More production means more wealth, and more wealth means better lives. Schumacher looked at this logic and said: actually, no. Past a certain point, growth starts working against the people it's supposed to help.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.— E.F. Schumacher
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The thinker
Economist of Human Scale
E.F. Schumacher (1911-1977) was a German-British economist whose book Small Is Beautiful challenged the assumption that economic growth always equals progress.
Based on E.F. Schumacher — Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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