Ezra J. Mishan (November 15, 1917 - September 22, 2014) on Class Warfare and Human Happiness(published by RevoltSource) |
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English Economist best Known for his Work Criticising Economic Growth
: An English economist best known for his work criticising economic growth. Between 1956 and 1977 he worked at the London School of Economics where he became Professor of Economics. In 1965, while at the LSE, he wrote his seminal work The Costs of Economic Growth, but was unable to find a publisher until 1967. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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“In what was once the wheelwright's shop, where Englishmen grew friendly with the grain of timber and with sharp tools, nowadays untrained youths wait upon machines, hardly knowing oak from ash or caring for the qualities of either.”
Source: "The Costs of Economic Growth," by Ezra J. Mishan, Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, New York, Washington, 1967. Part Three, Digression, Part H: The Cult of Efficiency, Page 161.
"The Costs of Economic Growth," by Ezra J. Mishan, Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, New York, Washington, 1967.
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