Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Democracy as a lead concept in dealing with sustainable development / Peter Söderbaum -- Fundamentals of sustainability economics and positional analysis / Peter Söderbaum -- Mainstream economics and alternative perspectives in a political power game / Peter...

Dueling paradigms -- Our precious endowment -- Understanding our natural endowment -- A tale of two energy crises -- Dysfunctional markets -- Nature as guide -- Closing the materials loop -- Shifting back to renewable energy sources -- Economic succession -- Economic resiliency -- Conclusion.