“Nothing less than a full-scale assault on conventional economic wisdom” — *Newsweek*
"One the 100 most influential books published since World War II"— *The Times Literary Supplement*
Hailed as an “eco-bible” by *Time* magazine, E.F. Schumacher’s riveting, richly researched statement on sustainability has become more relevant and vital with each year since its initial groundbreaking publication during the 1973 energy crisis. A landmark statement against “bigger is better” industrialism, Schumacher’s *Small Is Beautiful* paved the way for twenty-first century books on environmentalism and economics, like Jeffrey Sachs’s *The End of Poverty* , Paul Hawken’s *Natural Capitalism* , Mohammad Yunis’s *Banker to the Poor* , and Bill McKibben’s *Deep Economy*. This timely reissue offers a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance economic growth with the human costs of globalization.
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“Nothing less than a full-scale assault on conventional economic wisdom” — *Newsweek* "One the 100 most influential books published since World War II"— *The Times Literary Supplement* Hailed as an “eco-bible” by *Time* magazine, E.F. Schumacher’s riveting, richly researched statement on sustainability has become more relevant and vital with each year since its initial groundbreaking publication during the 1973 energy crisis. A landmark statement against “bigger is better” industrialism, Schumacher’s *Small Is Beautiful* paved the way for twenty-first century books on environmentalism and economics, like Jeffrey Sachs’s *The End of Poverty* , Paul Hawken’s *Natural Capitalism* , Mohammad Yunis’s *Banker to the Poor* , and Bill McKibben’s *Deep Economy*. This timely reissue offers a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance economic growth with the human costs of globalization.