A Population Perspective on the Steady State Economy
The population problem should be considered from the point of view of all populations–populations of both humans and their things–if we are going to achieve a steady state economy.
These are the CASSE blog articles on economic growth.
Crossroads on Global Infrastructure
/6 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechA momentous choice is before us. Will we choose more mega-highway projects, centralized electric power plants, and mega-dams, or more decentralized wind and solar investments?
A Stick in the Stocking: Santa’s Supply Shock
/5 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechA drop in fuel prices may seem great now, but what happens after the party is over?
Peace, Love, and the Gift
/3 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Money and Investments, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIf we are to degrow the economy towards a steady state, we’re going to need to be a whole lot more generous, a whole lot happier, and more grateful for what we have already.
The Guardian and Monbiot versus Forbes and Worstall
/12 Comments/in Economic Growth, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechDaly explains how the conflation of growth and development, and a reliance on the Cobb-Douglass production function, can lead to the spurious conclusion that natural resources are unimportant factors of production.
Hedonism, Survivalism, and the Burden of Knowledge
/6 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat do we do with the knowledge that we may be headed for climate catastrophe?
Animal Welfare: Seeing the Forest for the Denizens
/5 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHas economic growth become the inconvenient truth for animal welfare?
Paul Krugman on Limits to Growth: Beware the Bathwater
/2 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBrian Czech responds to Paul Krugman’s shockingly weak column, which argues against the limits to growth with the example of slow steaming.
The New Economy versus Today’s Flat Earthers
/1 Comment/in Economic Growth, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechMainstream economists base their recommendations on the idea that the Earth is somehow infinite–a notion equally absurd as the idea that the Earth is flat.
The Kingdom of God: A Steady State Economy?
/4 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Population, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBrian Czech discusses a theological basis for a steady state economy.