The book focuses on the macroeconomics of sustainable development and the extension to energy, water and food security, using a system dynamics approach. The work is divided into three related parts that build a narrative concerning the interaction between economics, policy, natural resources and society. First, a simple system comprising three coupled differential equations is used to explain the effects of macroeconomic business cycles on the exploitation of ecological resources, and from this is inferred an implied importance of averting business cycles. The second part establishes a...