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Ernst Friedrich Schumacher  

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  • Ernst Friedrich (Fritz) Schumacher (1911–1977) was an environmental, or Buddhist, economist best known for his influential book Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered (1973). Influenced by the Austrian philosopher Leopold Kohr, he argued for small-scale economies, social and ecological justice, and nonviolence. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Schumacher, Ernst Friedrich]

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