Small Is Beautiful

The phrase "small is beautiful" was coined by the Austrian and American philosopher LeopoldKohr? (1909-1994, winner of the alternative Nobel prize 1986). He was a friend and teacher of Schumacher who applied this principle to economics and made it famous.

SmallIsBeautiful may be used - and was always meant - as a general principle:

small functions are better than huge functions (or modules).
simple theories are better than complex theories ( Wiki:OccamsRazor).
slim organizations are better than large bureaucratic organizations.
small national states are better than a large assoziation (argument against the European integration)
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--HelmutLeitner

Small Is Beautiful : Economics As If People Mattered by E. F. Schumacher

ISBN 0060916303 (1989)
ISBN 0881791695 (2nd ed., to appear June 1999)

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