Economic Policy « Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy

What Kind of Example Is Canada Setting?

A look at Canada, a nation with such potential to be a sustainability leader, reveals a tragedy of wasted potential.

Writing a book can be a harrowing voyage, especially if you’re paddling upstream against the flood-stage current of conventional economic thinking.

Herman Daly suggests that changing the economy will require more than new policies; it’ll require a substantial change in worldview.

China is playing a dangerous game based on a seductive (but faulty) economic theory.

GDI, CCI, and FEI — Three new economic measures that are worth shouting about.

Brent Blackwelder sees three possibilities (granted they’re long-shots) for overcoming the obstacles to an economic paradigm shift.

A top priority of doing “everything we can to grow our economy” will worsen climate change, biodiversity loss, water shortages, and pollution.

It’s rare to find a Wall Street Journal columnist (and a Ronald Reagan appointee) calling for a steady-state economy.

The short answer: an economy that allows corporations to externalize costs and trump the rights of indigenous people.

President Obama has put win-win rhetoric ahead of the truth and become the Cheerleader in Chief for economic growth.