"Small is Beautiful is Oxford-trained economist E.F. Schumacher's classic call for the end of excessive consumption. Schumacher inspired such movements as "Buy Locally" and "Fair Trade", while voicing strong opposition to "casino capitalism" and wasteful corporate behemoths. ... [It] presents eminently logical arguments for building our economies around the needs of communities, not corporations."-- Back cover.

"This book was originally published by Blond & Briggs Ltd., London, in 1973"--Title page verso.

The problem of production --Peace and permanence -- The role of economics -- Buddhist economics -- A question of size -- The greatest resource - education -- The proper use of land -- Resources for industry -- Nuclear energy - salvation or damnation? -- Technology with a human face -- Development -- Social and economic problems calling for the development of intermediate technology -- Two million villages -- The problem of unemployment in India -- A machine to foretell the future? -- Towards a theory of large-scale organisation -- Socialism -- Ownership -- New patterns of ownership.