Martins, Nuno O.2013-10-142013-10-142013Martins, Nuno O (2013). "The place of the capability approach within sustainability economics", «Ecological Economics», 95(1), 1-5 (Article In Press).0921-8009 (Print)http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2306Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.The 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 article2013-10-13