Contents
4 Figures Graphs Boxes Figures Tables
5 Introduction: Economics for the twenty-first century Notes
7 1 What the classics know about our world; what twentieth-century economics forgot The physiocrats: Natural resources as political power Malthus and sustainability analysis David Ricardo and planetary boundaries John Stuart Mill and the steady state What twentieth-century economics forgot Notes
8 2 Humans within the biosphere: The paradox of domination and dependence Human evolution toward planetary dominance: The small household and the bigger one The biosphere: Interdependence and collaboration Thermodynamics and material flow analysis: A wider economics Social and natural systems, standing and collapsing together Notes
9 3 Governing the commons fairly Environmental history: Social and natural systems in perspective The early beginnings of environmental governance: Preservation and conservation Governing the commons, from Garrett Hardin to Elinor Ostrom Notes
10 4 Spheres of environmental justice The Marxist approach Eco-feminism Indigenous environmentalism The Cochabamba Declaration of December 8, 2000 World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth April 22, 2010 The capabilities approach Notes
11 5 Natural resources, externalities, and sustainability: A critical toolbox The economic nature of environmental goods The many values of natural resources The problem of social cost and its imperfect solutions Notes
12 Part II Twenty-first-century social-ecological challenges
13 6 Biodiversity and ecosystems under growing and unequal pressure Plants and animals Seas and oceans Fresh water Forests Land and soil Agriculture Energy Notes
14 7 Beyond EXPOWA (extraction, pollution, and waste) Physical trade Pollution and waste Resource efficiency Circular or perma-circular economy? Notes
15 8 Energy, climate, and justice Energy and climate: The carbon problem Climate policy: Mitigation Negotiating climate Climate justice: Fair and efficient Notes
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9 Well-being and our environment: From trade-offs to synergies
Well-being and sustainability: From a vicious to a virtuous cycle
The health-environment double dividend
Energy transition and job creation
Measuring