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I Think I Should Not Go Far Wrong If I Asserted That The Amount Of Genuine Leisure Available In A Society Is Generally In Inverse Proportion To The Amount Of Labor-saving Machinery It Employs.

-E. F. Schumacher

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I Think I Should Not Go Far

E. F. Schumacher

I Think I Should Not Go Far Wrong If I Asserted That The Amount Of Genuine Leisure Available In A Society Is Generally In Inverse Proportion To The Amount Of Labor-saving Machinery It Employs.

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