The Overlooked Anniversary: Forty Years Ago Congress and the President Called for a Steady State Economy
How should we commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ESA and the 100 year anniversary of the death of the last passenger pigeon?
These are the CASSE blog articles by Brian Czech.
Gross Domestic Problem: Don’t Shoot the Measurement
GDP 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
The 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
First 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
People 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
It’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
He’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
Bill 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
Wishful thinking and political rhetoric aside, we’ve got to get a handle on economic growth to conserve biodiversity and environmental health.
Supply Shock: The Journey
Writing a book can be a harrowing voyage, especially if you’re paddling upstream against the flood-stage current of conventional economic thinking.