Forward: setting things straight for the steady state /Brian Czech -- Introduction: why the growth of economy is broken /Haydn Washington -- Section 1. Population: the heresy of numbers -- A population perspective on the steady state economy /Herman E. Daly -- Population: better not bigger /Ian Lowe -- Nine population strategies to stop short of 9 billion /Robert Engelman -- Choosing a planet of life /Eileen Crist -- Section 2. Throughput and consumerism: a key elephant in the room -- Re-engineering cultures to create a sustainable civilization /Erik Assadourian -- Sustainable business: what should it be? circular economy and the 'business of subversion' /Helen Kopnina -- Peak mining: stepping down from high resource use /Simon Michaux -- Section 3. Key aspects of a steady state economy -- What is the steady state economy? /James Magnus-Johnston -- The physical pathway to a steady state economy /Graham Turner -- Relating the steady state economy to the green, circular and blue economies /Paul Twomey and Haydn Washington -- Sustainable, equitable, secure: getting there? /Frank Stilwell -- The genuine progress indicator: an indicator to guide the transition to a steady state economy / Philip Lawn -- Capitalism and the steady state: uneasy bedfellows /Joshua Farley -- Section 4. Ethics and a message from the future -- Sustainable development vs. sustainable biosphere /Holmes Rolston III -- A message from the future about the steady state economy /Geoff Mosley -- Section 5. Policy for change -- Degrowth as a transition strategy /Robert Perey -- Strategies for transition to a future beyond growth /Mark Diesendorf -- Conclusion: the endless growth myth: simplicity and complexity /Haydn Washington and Paul Twomey.