Introduction / Woodrow W. Clark II -- The next economics / Woodrow W. Clark II -- Market solutions for climate change / Malcolm Dole, Jr. -- Qualitative economics : the science needed in economics / Michael Fast and Woodrow W. Clark II -- Energy planning for regional and national needs: a case study, the California forecast (2005-2050) / Gary C. Matteson --Achieving economic gains through the setting of environmental goals: the case of California / Tracey Grose -- Social capitalism: China's economic raise / Woodrow W. Clark II and Li Xing -- The "Cheap Energy Contract" : a critical roadblock to effective energy policy in the USA / Michael F. Hoexter -- Economic-environmental performance of micro-wind turbine in Mediterranean area / Nicola Cardinale, Gianluca Rospi, Guliano Cotrufo and Tiziana Cardinale -- Energy conservation for optimum economic analysis / Stephen C. Prey -- Blue-green agricultural revolution / Daniel Nuckols -- Going beyond growth: the green economy as a sustainable economic development strategy -- The conclusions: the science of economics / Woodrow W. Clark II.