Economic Growth Archives – Page 16 of 36 – Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy

The Future History of Political Economy – Part 1

June 3, 2015/2 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

by Eric Zencey

Ecological Economics and its corollary, steady-state economic thinking, represent a step forward for the discipline of economics and also a return to how it was practiced in the past. In the nineteenth century, economics was a part of a larger enterprise: political economy, the integrated treatment of morals and economics, ultimate ends and efficient means. Late in that century economics calved off from political economy, leaving behind political science and political philosophy as the residuum.

Seismic Political Shifts Reveal Desire for Serious Change

May 28, 2015/0 Comments/in Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Energy, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

by James Magnus-Johnston

If you demonstrate to people that the NDP [New Democratic Party] can win in Alberta, suddenly anything seems possible. —Paul Fairie, University of Calgary political scientist

On the problematic political spectrum, neither the right nor the left have become wholesale champions of the steady state economy. Then again, embracing something perceived as ‘new’ has never been the strong suit of the politician. It takes years of ideological evolution among the grassroots before seemingly new and different ideas become politically palatable.

Preempting a Misleading Argument: Why Environmental Problems Will Stop Tracking with GDP

May 13, 2015/1 Comment/in Brian Czech, Consumption, Economic Growth, Environment, Population, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Brian explains how GDP growth will eventually stop tracking with environmental damage–but the reasons may not be what you’d expect!

War and Peace and the Steady State Economy

April 29, 2015/7 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Governance, Politics, Religion, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Herman Daly discusses the natural alliances between peacemakers and steady staters, and between the growth economy and warfare.

Book Review: Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet by Kerryn Higgs

April 1, 2015/12 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Herman Daly reviews Kerryn Higgs’ Collision Course (Endless Growth on a Finite Planet), finding her explanation of the ascendancy of the weaker anti-Limits position constitutes a kick in the head for those of us who believe in the persuasive power of reasoned argument.

A New Economy Will Help Save Rivers and Fisheries

March 25, 2015/0 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Many activities that today damage rivers and fisheries would not occur in a steady state economy.

When Growth Trumps Freedom: the Chill in Canada Comes from our Government, not the Weather

February 26, 2015/8 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Some politicians will go quite far to cling to an aging growth-at-all-costs narrative.

Potential New Allies in the Effort to Achieve a Sustainable True Cost Economy

February 11, 2015/4 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Population, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Dr. Blackwelder discusses how those in faith-based communities can become powerful allies for those of us seeking an economy that meets peoples’ needs without undermining the life support systems of the planet.

Who Moved Obama’s Win-Win Cheese?

February 4, 2015/10 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

by Brian Czech

Whether or not you like President Obama or his policy preferences, you have to acknowledge his consistency. Even those with “zero regard” for the president confess, “At least Obama is consistent.”

But not consistently. There is one issue, at least, on which he hasn’t held still, moving in and out like an octopus in a sunken ship. That issue is the relationship between economic growth and environmental protection.