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Table of Contents

Title Page

Dedication

EDWARD ABBEY ON MUDDLING TOWARD FRUGALITY

PREFACE TO THE 2010 EDITION

PREFACE

CHAPTER I - Neither Utopia Nor Oblivion

The Benefits of Barriers

The Inevitability of Adaptation

Muddling as Political Adaptation

CHAPTER II - An Ecological View of History

Our Genetic Heritage: Hunters and Gatherers

The Fall from the Garden: Agriculture

Making Agriculture Fit: The Elaboration of Culture

Renewed Disequilibrium: The Modern Era

The Prospects Ahead

CHAPTER III - Advancing Technology, Declining Resources

The “Easy” Times

The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Abundance

Outlook on Resources: Minerals, Agriculture, and Energy

Failing Technologies

Winning Technologies

CHAPTER IV - The Subsidence

The Relative Price of Raw Materials and Labor

The Urban Impact

Why Personal Incomes Will Fall

The Question of Employment

Adam Smith or Thomas Jefferson?

CHAPTER V - The Theory and Practice of Muddling

Muddling Toward the Public Interest

The Benefits of Muddling

CHAPTER VI - The Hazards of Muddling Toward Frugality

The Imagined Hazards of Muddling Through

The Real Hazards of Muddling Through

CHAPTER VII - The Pace of Change

The Social Costs of Rapid Change

Frugality with a Vengeance

Easing into Frugality: A Guide to Urbanites

Plunging into Frugality: Problems of Pioneering

The Politics of Decentralization

The Need for Patience

CHAPTER VIII - The Pros and Cons of Underdevelopment

How Population Growth in the Underdeveloped Countries Will End

Some Assets of Underdeveloped Countries

Two Questionable Gifts: Trade and Education

The End of Cultural Imperialism

CHAPTER IX - Out of the Corner

The Futility of Resistance

Things Fall Together

Acknowledgements

REFERENCE NOTES

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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