Omdat wij het toch over lezen hebben : dubbel in de boekenkast heb ik het boek “Small is Beautiful” van E.F. Schumacher. Het is in 1973 geschreven en herdrukt in de negentigers jaren ( naar mijn mening is het boek nu nog actueel en misschien meer dan het ooit is geweest).
Dit vertelde de recensie bij de herdruk : "A stimulating and controversial study of world economics. This remarkable book is as relevant today and its themes as pertinent and thought-provoking as when it was first published twenty years ago.
“Small is beautiful”looks at the economic structure of the Western world in a revolutionary way. Schumacher maintains that Man's current pursuit of profit and progress, which promotes giant organisations and increased specialization, has in fact resulted in gross economic inefficiency, environmental pollution and inhumane working conditions. Schumacher challenges the doctrine of economic, technological and scientific specialisation and proposes a system of Intermediate Technology, based on smaller working units, communal ownership, and regional workplaces utilising local labour and resources."