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ESE. F. Schumacher1911–1977

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E. F. Schumacher

British economist

1911–1977

4 quotes.

Any 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.
Often credited to Albert Einstein
The disease having been caused by allowing cleverness to displace wisdom, no amount of clever research is likely to produce a cure.
Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered (1973), p. 35.
- Intelligence
- Wisdom
It is doubly chimerical to build peace on economic foundations which, in turn, rest on the systematic cultivation of greed and envy, the very forces which drive men into conflict.
Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered (1973), p. 36.
- Economics
- War & Peace
Scientific and technological “solutions” which poison the environment or degrade the social structure and man himself are of no benefit, no matter how brilliantly conceived or how great their superficial attraction.
Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered (1973), p. 31.
- Science
- Technology

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