Prologue: opening the door on Malthus's rollercoaster -- Before Malthus: population, economy and environment in eighteenth century England -- Prophets of perfection: a revolutionary triptych -- The first inconvenient truth: Malthus's essay and the quiet revolution of 1798 -- "Diarrhoea of the...

Introduction -- The global ecosystem -- The government sectors -- The household sectors' initial choices -- The nonrenewable resource industry -- The capital goods industry -- The consumption goods industry -- The renewable resource industries -- The banking sectors -- Summary of production,...