Ernst Friedrich Schumacher

Identifier
990004810110304146
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1977 - 31 Dec 1977
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Scope and Content

"Dr. Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher (19 August 1911 – 4 September 1977) was a German statistician and economist who is best known for his proposals for human-scale, decentralised and appropriate technologies. He served as Chief Economic Advisor to the British National Coal Board for two decades, and founded the Intermediate Technology Development Group in 1966. In 1995, his 1973 book Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered was ranked by The Times Literary Supplement as one of the 100 most influential books published since World War II. In 1977 he published A Guide for the Perplexed as a critique of materialistic scientism and as an exploration of the nature and organisation of knowledge." -- Wikipedia

Note(s)

  • illustrations

  • 4 newspaper clippings taken from the Sunday Times and The Observer

  • Detailed dates of material: 11.9.1977, 2.10.1977, 6.11.1977

People

  • Schumacher, E. F. (Ernst Friedrich), 1911-1977

Subjects

  • Economists--Germany--History--20th century.
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