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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 ECONOMIC HISTORY -- 2 BIG IDEAS -- 3 ECONOMICS & -- PEOPLE -- 4 ECONOMICS & -- THE PLANET -- GLOSSARY -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Economics sometimes seems to be stacked against social, environmental and individual well-being. But it doesn't have to be like this. A new approach to economics - deriving as much from Ruskin and Schumacher as from Keynes or Smith - has begun to emerge. Skeptical about money as a measure of success, this new economics turns our assumptions about wealth and poverty upside down. It shows us that real wealth can be measured by increased well-being and environmental sustainability rather than just having and consuming more things. This book is the first accessible and straightforward guide to the

This booklet draws on the Transformations event series organised by the New Weather Institute and STEPS during 2016 and 2017, and was launched in April 2017 in Brighton. ; Is rapid transition possible? Sometimes events or new knowledge throw up reasons why we must make change happen quickly. At the present moment, climate change and chronic social inequality seem to demand radical change – but what kind of changes will work, and how can they be achieved? This booklet collects stories of rapid transitions and different kinds of transformations to show what we can learn from history and the present day about how people adapt to rapid change. The booklet draws on the Transformations event series organised by the New Weather Institute and STEPS during 2016 and 2017. ; ESRC