In True Wealth , economist Juliet B. Schor rejects the sacrifice message, with the insight that social innovations and new technology can simultaneously enhance our lives and protect the planet. Schor shares examples of urban farmers, DIY renovators, and others working outside the conventional market to illuminate the path away from the work-and-spend cycle and toward a new world rich in time, creativity, information, and community

Preface Chapter1. Introduction Chapter2. From consumer boom to ecological bust Chapter3. Economics confronts the earth Chapter4. Living rich on a troubled planet Chapter5. The economics of plenitude Acknowledgments Notes References Index