The Kingdom of God: A Steady State Economy?
Brian Czech discusses a theological basis for a steady state economy.
These are the CASSE blog articles by Brian Czech.
The Overlooked Anniversary: Forty Years Ago Congress and the President Called for a Steady State Economy
/6 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHow should we commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ESA and the 100 year anniversary of the death of the last passenger pigeon?
Gross Domestic Problem: Don’t Shoot the Measurement
/8 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechGDP growth is creating more problems than it solves–which is exactly why we need to keep calculating and monitoring it.
The One Percent: Not Kristallnacht but Lebensraum
/1 Comment/in Brian Czech, Consumption, Economic Growth, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThe purchase of expensive luxury goods requires an agricultural and extractive surplus at the base of the economy–this is the “tropic theory of money.”
Duck Dynasty, the Green Party, and Steady Statesmanship
/7 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechFirst things first — you can’t have a healthy economy unless you also have a healthy environment. Shouldn’t at least one political party get that?
The Five Dumbest Things You’ll Hear About Sustainability
/6 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechPeople have said some misguided things about how to run a sustainable economy — here are Brian Czech’s top 5.
The Debt Ceiling: What’s Good for the Public Goose is Good for the Private Gander
/1 Comment/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIt’s common sense: if you want a debt ceiling for the federal government, then you ought to want a debt ceiling for the private sector as well.
Bring Back Hank Paulson — On One Condition
/0 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Policy, Environment, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHe’s not the ideal, but if appointed Fed Chair, Hank Paulson might actually consider the environmental effects of Fed policies.
Bill Clinton’s Legacy: The Inconvenient Irony
/0 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBill Clinton could be the world’s most influential steady stater… if only he would put aside the wishful thinking of continuous economic growth.
Bill Clinton, The Nature Conservancy, and The Old Win-Win Rhetoric
/3 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWishful thinking and political rhetoric aside, we’ve got to get a handle on economic growth to conserve biodiversity and environmental health.