Small Is Beautiful
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Small Is Beautiful is a seminal 1973 collection of essays by economist E. F. Schumacher that critiques large-scale industrialization and advocates for human-centered, sustainable, and “appropriate” technologies and economies.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20188608 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Small Is Beautiful Context triple: [E. F. Schumacher, notableWork, Small Is Beautiful]
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A.
The Dream of the Earth
The Dream of the Earth is a seminal ecological philosophy book by Thomas Berry that calls for a transformative, spiritually grounded relationship between humans and the Earth.
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Our Common Future
Our Common Future is the landmark 1987 report by the World Commission on Environment and Development that popularized the concept of sustainable development and shaped global environmental policy.
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C.
Toward an Ecological Society
Toward an Ecological Society is a collection of essays by social theorist Murray Bookchin that outlines his vision of a decentralized, ecological, and libertarian socialist society.
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D.
Earth in the Balance
Earth in the Balance is a 1992 environmental book by Al Gore that examines the global ecological crisis and advocates for comprehensive political and social action to address climate change and environmental degradation.
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E.
There Are No Limits to Growth
"There Are No Limits to Growth" is a political and economic treatise by Lyndon LaRouche arguing against environmentalist and neo-Malthusian claims of finite growth, promoting instead the idea of limitless human-driven economic and technological development.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Small Is Beautiful Target entity description: Small Is Beautiful is a seminal 1973 collection of essays by economist E. F. Schumacher that critiques large-scale industrialization and advocates for human-centered, sustainable, and “appropriate” technologies and economies.
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A.
The Dream of the Earth
The Dream of the Earth is a seminal ecological philosophy book by Thomas Berry that calls for a transformative, spiritually grounded relationship between humans and the Earth.
-
B.
Our Common Future
Our Common Future is the landmark 1987 report by the World Commission on Environment and Development that popularized the concept of sustainable development and shaped global environmental policy.
-
C.
Toward an Ecological Society
Toward an Ecological Society is a collection of essays by social theorist Murray Bookchin that outlines his vision of a decentralized, ecological, and libertarian socialist society.
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D.
Earth in the Balance
Earth in the Balance is a 1992 environmental book by Al Gore that examines the global ecological crisis and advocates for comprehensive political and social action to address climate change and environmental degradation.
-
E.
There Are No Limits to Growth
"There Are No Limits to Growth" is a political and economic treatise by Lyndon LaRouche arguing against environmentalist and neo-Malthusian claims of finite growth, promoting instead the idea of limitless human-driven economic and technological development.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Schumacher