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Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
E. F. Schumacher
Born: August 19, 1911
Died: August 19, 1977 (aged 66)
Bio: Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher was an internationally influential economic thinker, statistician and economist in Britain, serving as Chief Economic Advisor to the UK National Coal Board for two decades.
Known for:
- Small Is Beautiful (1973)
- A Guide for the Perplexed (1977)
- This I Believe: And Other Essays
- Schumacher on energy
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