Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

"Nothing less than a full-scale assault on conventional economic wisdom."
—Newsweek

One the 100 most influential books published since World War II
—The Times Literary Supplement

Hailed as an "eco-bible" …

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