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There are poor societies which have too little but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none.

E. F. Schumacher

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E. F. Schumacher
Age: 66 †
Born: 1911
Born: August 16
Died: 1977
Died: September 4
Economist
Philosopher
Statistician
Bonn
Germany
Ernst Friedrich Schumacher
Society
Littles
Little
Halt
Enough
Societies
None
Says
Rich
Poor

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