Has Humanity Become the Maggot in Earth's Apple?

Neoliberal economics does not reflect biophysical reality: the economy is a fully embedded, dependent
growing sub-system of the non-growing ecosphere and is thus consuming the ecosphere from within.
Sustainability requires that we reconstruct economics on a foundation of ‘far-from-equilibrium’
thermodynamics, panarchy theory (the theory of adaptive cycles) and material flows analysis
(as illustrated using eco-footprinting)—with a dash of humility and compassion thrown in to humanize
the effort.