Archive for Joseph P. Martino
Government-created Poverty
Dr. Joseph P. Martino is a senior research scientist at the University of Dayton Research Institute. He was a guest lecturer last year at the Institute for Technological Research in São Paolo. Every morning, outside my apartment building, I see a woman sweeping the sidewalk. She wields her broom briskly, marshaling the scraps of paper [...]
1Apr1994 | Joseph P. Martino | 0 comments | ContinuedDe-Industrializing the Future
Mr. Martino is Senior Research Scientist, University of Dayton Research Institute. He is Technological Forecasting Editor for The Futurist. This article is adapted from a chapter of a forthcoming book. Ernst Schumacher’s 1973 book, Small Is Beautiful, popularized the term “appropriate technology.” He argued that the purpose of technology is to lighten the burden of [...]
1May1981 | Joseph P. Martino | 0 comments | Continued-
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