Schumacher's Big Society

Jonathon Porritt delves into the archives to assess the legacy of economist E.F. Schumacher on David Cameron's ideas for the Big Society. Described as "one of the few original thinkers of the 20th Century", Fritz Schumacher was the author of the seminal 1973 book Small is beautiful: Economics as if people mattered.

The programme includes extracts from Schumacher's 1976 speech to the Findhorn Community in Scotland. It was his last UK public lecture before his death, here digitally remastered and broadcast for the first time.

Contributors include: Satish Kumar of Schumacher College and editor of Resurgence Magazine, George McCrobie co-founder of Practical Action, Wilfred Beckerman author of Small is Stupid and members of the Schumacher family. (57')

The programme is still available to listen here

Producer Chris Eldon Lee
Executive Producer Mukti Jain Campion

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