Steady state economics takes an entirely different approach than classical economics toward natural resource use. Since there are real limits to use of finite natural resources intelligent design of governing economic philosophy is requisite for rational Earth habitation of mankind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steady_state_(macroeconomics)
http://dieoff.org/page88.htm An article by the economist Herman Daly
http://steadystate.org/discover/definition/
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Steady_state_economy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steady_state
http://www.necsp.org/about-us/public-policy/steady-state-economy.html
http://www.amazon.com/Steady-State-Economics-Second-New-Essays/dp/155963071X author Herman Daly
