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Our chapter-by-chapter reading of David Boyle’s study guide, “Small is Beautiful Revisited…50 Years On” continues, revisiting Schumacher’s 1973 landmark text in light of our own time. The guide has been sparking animated discussions given the current political climate. (Each chapter guide is available on our site in addition to a full downloadable PDF.) In Chapter 16, Schumacher brings his critique of ‘gigantism’ in organizations into contact with the…

Of Forecasts and Freedom

We continue our chapter-by-chapter reading of David Boyle’s timely study guide, “Small is Beautiful Revisited…50 Years On.” Revisiting Schumacher’s 1973 landmark text in light of our own time, the guide is sparking generative discussions in classrooms, workplaces, and circles of contemplation. (Each chapter guide is available on our site in addition to a full downloadable PDF.) Having made in earlier chapters a thorough critique of conventional…

Revisiting Schumacher - Challenge, Courage, Change | Common Wealth for All

On Saturday, April 5th at 3PM EDT, the Schumacher Center is hosting a two part event at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, MA: the Third Annual Robert Swann Lecture and the First Annual Common Wealth Prize. Barbara Wood and James Boyce are the speakers. The event is free but registration is requested. Please join us. More details below. THE…

“Since there is now increasing evidence of environmental deterioration, particularly in living nature, the entire outlook and methodology of economics is being called into question. The study of economics is too narrow and too fragmentary to lead to valid insights, unless complemented and completed by a study of meta-economics.”

– E. F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful