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 Quotes
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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| Birth: | 16th August, 1911 |
| Death: | 4th September, 1977 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Economist, Statistician, Writer |
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Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher was born in Bonn, Germany. He was an internationally influential economic thinker, statistician, writer, and economist in Britain, serving as Chief Economic Advisor to the UK National Coal Board for two decades. He is best known for his critique of Western economies and his proposals for human-scale, decentralised and appropriate technologies. According to The Times Literary Supplement in 1995, his 1973 book Small Is Beautiful: a study of economics as if people mattered was among the 100 most influential books published since World War II.
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