Introduction: Moving from wrong to right relationship -- What's the economy for? : a flourishing commonwealth of life -- How does it work? : putting the economy in its place -- How big is too big? : boundaries on consumption and waste -- What's fair? : sharing life's bounty -- Governance : new ways to stay in bounds and play fair -- Conclusion: Four steps to a whole earth economy
Summary
Our current economic system is unsustainable. Its fundamental elementsunlimited growth and endless wealth accumulationfly in the face of the fact that the Earths resources are clearly finite. The destructive effects of this denial of reality are wreaking havoc on our ecological and social systems. But what is the alternative? We need to go beyond simply fixing problems as they arise, or even as we anticipate them, and offer a comprehensive new economic model. It is a moral imperative
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192) and index
