Toward Sustainable Development: An Ecological Economics Approach

Introduction An Ecological Economic View of the Sustainable Development Concept An Overview of the Sustainable Development Concept What is Development? What is Sustainability? What is Sustainable Development? Sustainable Development, Economic Theory, and Macro Policy Goals and Instruments Sustainable Development and an Optimal Macroeconomic Scale Economic Efficiency and Policy Goals and Instruments Sustainable Development and the Role of Relative Prices Sustainable Development and the Role of the Market Sustainable Development and the Co-evolutionary Paradigm The Neoclassical Economic Framework as a Product of the Newtonian World View The Development of a Co-evolutionary-Based Conceptual Framework The Market: A Co-evolutionary Feedback Mechanism Toward Sustainable Development Toward Sustainable Development: A Framework for Policy Setting and National Accounting Reform Towards Sustainable Development: Sustainable Development Indicators Toward Sustainable Development: Policy Conclusions and Prescriptions Toward Sustainable Development: The Need for Moral Growth Appendices Acronyms References Index Tables Figures