Richard Douthwaite is a contemporary economist and co-founder of Feasta: The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability, an Irish based economic think tank. His books include The Growth Illusion (1992), Short Circuit (1996) and the Ecology of Money (1999. Feasta aims to identify the characteristics (economic, cultural and environmental) of a truly sustainable society, articulate how the necessary transition can be effected and promote the implementation of the measures required for this purpose. http://www.feasta.org