The result is a set of original essays which reappraise the 'no growth' debate, investigate the new environmental ethic being built on the concept of sustainable development, look at the way in which projects with major environmental consequences should be evaluated, and ask how future generations are to be represented in economic evaluation.

Notes on the Contributors - Introduction - Richard Lecomber: A Memoir and Tribute; R.Pryke - 'Poverty and Progress' Revisited; M.Common - On Sustainable Development and National Accounts; H.Daly - Optimal Prices for Sustainable Development; D.Pearce - Catastrophic Risk: Or the Economics of Being Scared; D.Collard - Some Principles of Population; J.Broome - Forestry Development in Upland Britain; M.Clarke - Wetlands Conservation: Economics and Ethics; R.Kerry Turner - Farm Incomes and the Benefit of Environmental Protection; J.Bowers - Policies Towards Natural Resources and Investment in International Trade; A.Ralph & D.Ulph - Index