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E. F. Schumacher Quotes

E. F. Schumacher quotes

English Economist August 16, 1911 – September 4, 1977

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E. F. Schumacher quote: "If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are..."
If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters. E. F. Schumacher
Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation to man, a peril to the peace of the world or to the well-being of future generations: as long as you have not shown it to be "uneconomic" you have not really questioned its right to exist, grow, and prosper. E. F. Schumacher
The real problems of our planet are not economic or technical, they are philosophical. The philosophy of unbridled materialism is being challenged by events. E. F. Schumacher
E. F. Schumacher quote: "Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to..."
Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market. E. F. Schumacher
It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work. E. F. Schumacher
E. F. Schumacher quote: "Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it..."
Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity. E. F. Schumacher
Every increase of needs tends to increase one's independence on outside forces over which one cannont have control and therefore increases existential fear E. F. Schumacher
Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer. E. F. Schumacher
E. F. Schumacher quote: "Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is..."
Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility. E. F. Schumacher
The generosity of the Earth allows us to feed all mankind; we know enough about ecology to keep the Earth a healthy place; there is enough room on the Earth, and there are enough materials, so that everybody can have adequate shelter; we are quite competent enough to produce sufficient supplies of necessities so that no one need live in misery. E. F. Schumacher
Anything that we can destroy but are unable to make is, in a sense sacred, and all our 'explanations' of it do not really explain anything. E. F. Schumacher

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