Martins, Nuno Miguel Ornelas2014-07-102014-07-102013MARTINS, Nuno Miguel Ornelas - The place of the capability approach within sustainability economics. Ecological Economics. ISSN 0921-8009. Vol. 95 (2013), p. 226–2300921-8009http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/14807The connections between the capability approach and sustainability economics have been explored recently. I argue here that for engaging in a more substantive study of those connections, we must first understand the place of the capability approach within the history of economic thought, as a second stage of the revival of classical surplus theory. Once this is clear, we can then use the capability approach in order to specify concepts such as well-being, surplus, scarcity, and sustainable reproduction, which are essential for the development of sustainability economics.engBasic capabilitiesStandard of livingSustainable reproductionSurplusScarcityjournal article10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.0041873-6106WOS:000326776100024