{"product_id":"small-is-beautiful-economics-as-if-people-mattered-9780061997761","title":"Small Is Beautiful: Economics as If People Mattered","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling \"Eco Bible\" (Time magazine) teaches us that economic growth must be responsibly balanced with the needs of communities and the environment. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Embracing what Schumacher stood for--above all the idea of sensible scale--is the task for our time. \u003cem\u003eSmall is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e could not be more relevant. It was first published in 1973, but it was written for our time.\" -- Bill McKibben, from the Foreword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e is Oxford-trained economist E. F. Schumacher's classic call for the end of excessive consumption. Schumacher inspired such movements as \"Buy Locally\" and \"Fair Trade,\" while voicing strong opposition to \"casino capitalism\" and wasteful corporate behemoths. Named one of the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement's\u003c\/em\u003e 100 Most Influential Books Since World War II, \u003cem\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e presents eminently logical arguments for building our economies around the needs of communities, not corporations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchumacher, E. F.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBorn in Germany, Dr. E. F. Schumacher (1911-1977) fled to England after the rise of Nazism and, with the help of John Maynard Keynes, taught economics at Oxford University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e, the book that \"changed the way many people think about bigness and its human cost\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50605942931730,"sku":"9780061997761","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_28369301-985b-474c-9ea5-6c7c4a447bd6.jpg?v=1732285724","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/small-is-beautiful-economics-as-if-people-mattered-9780061997761","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}