Scott Nearing
Scott Nearing (August 6, 1883 – August 24, 1983) was an American
radical economist, educator, writer, political activist, pacifist, vegetarian and advocate of
simple living. In 1915, he was dismissed from a teaching position at the
Wharton School on account of his left-wing politics, becoming a ''
cause célèbre'' of the
American Left. His opposition to
American entry into World War I led to his prosecution under the
Espionage Act, in which he was mostly victorious. After the war, he became a leading leftist intellectual associated with the
Socialist and later
Communist Parties. From the
Great Depression until the end of his life, Nearing and his wife
Helen lived a
self-sufficient homesteading lifestyle. Together, they published ''
Living the Good Life: How to Live Simply and Sanely in a Troubled World'' in 1954.
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