>as long as we remember that Schumacher and people like Kropotkin
>before him were
>not talking about small biznesses being better than large corporations. they
>were talking about another kind of decentralization, even
>anarcho-communism. but
>I guess the 'small is beautiful' part is not meant as a comment on Schumacher,
>but just reflects the journalistic preference for catchy phrases?
Guilty on the j'ism preference. Still, I have my doubts that too much decentralization is compatible with production of sophisticated gadgets. I'm happy to be proved wrong, but I'm skeptical.
Doug