How viable is it to produce the things you consume at home?
How about producing things that are commonly considered to be “manufactured” items?
Are economies of scale really beyond the home business person’s grasp?
What is the biggest “cost” of doing business that could be eliminated in many cases?
All these questions are considered in a very old book that I’ve found available for free on the Internet.
The book is called: Flight From The City – an experiment in creative living on the land (1933)
You won’t want to follow all it’s ideals. The author was an eccentric but brilliant man who said lots of insightful things but was an impractical utopian in some ways.
BUT – if you’re wondering if you can produce items on a small scale that can be profitable to sell (and you consider that you have Etsy.com and other outlets to cut down on the the hidden cost of doing business Borsodi writes about)… this may open your eyes!
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