E. F. Schumacher
Economist, Author
1911 – 1977
Who was E. F. Schumacher?
Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher was an internationally influential economic thinker, statistician and economist in Britain, serving as Chief Economic Advisor to the UK National Coal Board for two decades. His ideas became popularized in much of the English-speaking world during the 1970s. In 1977 he published A Guide For The Perplexed as a critique of materialist scientism and as an exploration of the nature and organization of knowledge. Together with long-time friends and associates like Professor Mansur Hoda, Schumacher founded the Intermediate Technology Development Group in 1966.
Famous Quotes:
- Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
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- Born
- Aug 16, 1911
Bonn - Also known as
- Fritz Schumacher
- Ernst Friedrich Schumacher
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of Oxford
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Bonn
- Died
- Sep 4, 1977
Switzerland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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