CONTENTS List of figures xi List of tables xiii List of boxes xiv List of case studies xv Abbreviations xvi Preface xvii Acknowledgements xix Part I Setting the scene 1 1 Introduction: an economy within the environment 3 2 The whistle-blowers 16 Part II Economic schools and the environment 33 3 Neoclassical economics 35 4 Environmental economics 52 5 Ecological economics 68 6 Green economics 85 7 Anti-capitalist economics 101 Part III Issues and policies 117 8 A range of policy approaches 119 9 Economic growth 135 10 All that the earth provides: the economics of resources 151 11 Pollution 167 12 Globalization vs. localization 183 13 Climate change: the greatest example of market failure? 198 14 Markets or commons 215 15 Conclusion: Is it the economy? Are we stupid? 229 Glossary 242 Notes 245 Bibliography 247 Index 256