Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation of man, a peril to the peace of the world or to the well-being of future generations; as long as you have not shown it to be “uneconomic” you have not really questioned its right to exist, grow, and prosper.
ATTRIBUTION:
E.F. (Ernst Friedrich) Schumacher (1911–1977), German-born-British economist. Small is Beautiful, pt. 1, ch. 3 (1973).
