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Smart development builds on a region's own skills, resources and local businesses. Dumb growth invites a big corporation in, surrenders control and profits to a distant headquarters, undercuts local manufacturers, and risks layoffs without warning.

~Donella Meadows

Topics: Big Builds Businesses Control Corporation Development Distant Dumb Growth Headquarters Invites Layoffs Local Manufacturers Own Profits Region Resources Risks Skills Smart Warning Without

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Environmentalist

Born: March 14th, 1941

Died: February 20th, 2001

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