"Most economists, Christopher F. Jones observes, assume that the Earth's capacity-air, water, land, minerals-is large enough for any human purpose, and we need not worry about limiting growth. How did they come to think this, and what are the effects of continuing to do so? While most ecologists argue that growth must eventually cease due to environmental limits, mainstream neoclassical economists offer a much rosier picture, contending that price signals, technological change, and capital substitution can overcome resource scarcity. Jones analyzes how and why the field chose to develop thus, over the protest of a few lonely voices"--