Alias Papa: A Life of Fritz Schumacher

Alias Papa: A Life of Fritz Schumacher

E.F. Schumacher was a key figure in the development of environmentalism in the 20th century, and has left an enduring legacy. A profound thinker who was admired by Keynes, Beveridge and Cripps, he was for many years economic adviser to the Coal Board, and later put his ideas into practice by setting up the Intermediate Technology Development Group (now Practical Action) and becoming involved with the Soil Association. He was the inspiration for many other organizations that continue to this day, including the New Economics Foundation and Schumacher College.His views on industry, the environment, education and sustainable economics are as pertinent now as when "Small is Beautiful" was published.

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Barbara Wood, Schumacher's eldest daughter, is a writer with a background in economics, history and theology. She has worked for the Intermediate Technology Development Group (founded by her father) and the Voluntary Services Overseas Assocation.

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Foreword by Robert McCrum
Prologue
1
Grown in German Soil
2
First Taste of England
3
Oxford
4
In New York One Walks on Air
5
Hitler
6
Muschi
7
London
8
A Change in Lifestyles
9
World Improvement Plans
10
Marx v. God
11
Oxford Again
12
Seeds of Change
13
An Englishman in Germany
14
The Final Break
15
Caterham
16
Learning How to Think
17
The Breakthrough
18
'I am a Buddhist'
19
The National Coal Board
20
Year of Crisis
21
A Fruitful Partnership
22
Small Talk
23
Travel and Challenge
24
'Retirement'
25
Public Property
Notes