E. F. Schumacher Quotes

E. F. Schumacher — English Economist born on August 16, 1911, died on September 04, 1977

Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher was an internationally influential economic thinker, statistician and economist in Britain, serving as Chief Economic Advisor to the UK National Coal Board for two decades. His ideas became popularised in much of the English-speaking world during the 1970s. He is best known for his critique of Western economies and his proposals for human-scale, decentralised and appropriate technologies... (wikipedia)

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

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.

An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.

Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.

E. F. Schumacher Quotes

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