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"In the modern world there has been an enormous and historically unique shift: away from self-reliance and towards organisation. As a result people are becoming less self-reliant
and more dependent than has ever been seen in history. They may claim to be more highly educated than any
generation before them; but the fact remains that they cannot really do anything for themselves. They depend
utterly on vastly complex organisations, on fantastic machinery, on larger and larger money incomes. What if
there is a hold-up, a breakdown, a strike, or unemployment? Does the state provide all that is needed? In some
cases, yes; in other cases, no. Many people fall through the meshes of the safety net; and what then? They suffer;
they become dispirited, even despondent. Why can't they help themselves? Generally, the answer is only
too obvious: they would not know how."
- Dr. E.F. Schumacher, CBE
Small Is Beautiful:
A Study of Economics as if People Mattered
by E.F. Schumacher
Introduction by Jonathan Porritt
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