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A Marvel of Simplicity

We return to our refreshed study guide, “Small is Beautiful Revisited…50 Years On,” which revisits Schumacher’s 1973 landmark of ecological economics. “Buddhist Economics” is derived from his experience in Burma, now Myanmar, in 1955.

W.E.B. Du Bois, Champion of Community Economics

The following message was circulated by BerkShares, Inc. last Friday to members and participants of the local currency initiative. We are pleased to share this timely reflection on W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy more broadly.

"Since there is now increasing evidence of environmental deterioration, particularly in living nature, the entire outlook and methodology of economics is being called into question. The study of economics is too narrow and too fragmentary to lead to valid insights, unless complemented and completed by a study of meta-economics."

- E. F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful