Beyond growth : the economics of sustainable development / Herman E. Daly.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index.

The shape of current thought on sustainable development -- I Economic theory and sustainable development -- 1. Moving to a steady-state economy -- 2. Elements of environmental macroeconomics -- 3. Consumption value added, physical transformation, and welfare -- II Operational policy and sustainable development -- 4. Operationalizing sustainable development by investing in natural capital -- 5. Fostering environmentally sustainable development; four parting suggestions for the world bank -- III National accounts and sustainable development -- 6. Toward a measure of sustainable net national product -- 7. On sustainable development and national accounts -- IV Population and sustainable development -- 8. Carrying capacity as a tool of development policy the Ecuadoran Amazon and the Paraguayan Chaco -- 9. Marx and Malthus in Northeast Brazil a note on the world's largest class difference in fertility and its recent trends -- V International trade and sustainable development -- 10. Free trade and globalization vs. environment and community -- 11. From adjustment to sustainable development the obstacle of free trade -- VI Two pioneers in the economics of sustainable development -- 12. The economic thought of Frederick Soddy -- 13. On Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's contributions to economics an obituary essay -- VII Ethics, religion, and sustainable development -- 14. A biblical economic principle and the sustainable economy -- 15. Sustainable development from religious insight to ethical principle to public policy.