"In the current vocabulary of condemnation there are few words as final and conclusive as 'uneconomic". If an activity has been branded as uneconomic, its right to existence is not merely questioned, but energetically denied. Anything that is found to be an impediment to economic growth is a shameful thing; and if people cling to it, they are thought of as saboteurs or fools. Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation of humanity, 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." --E.F. Schumacher (Small is Beautiful, 1973)