An Economics Fit for Purpose in a Finite World
Our current economic policy goal is not fit for a finite and entropic world. But what would our economic policy goal be in a steady state economy?
These are the CASSE blog articles on economic growth.
Three Limits to Growth
/8 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechOur economy faces a futility limit, ecological catastrophe limit, and an economic limit. Fortunately, the economic limit will likely be the first we encounter; hopefully we can implement a steady state economy before the others are reached!
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?
Cold War Leftovers
/13 Comments/in Banking, Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Governance, Monetary Policy, Politics, Population, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechDaly challenges the assertion that a steady-state economy is inherently capitalistic and must be instead be based on a socialist system.
Piketty Acknowledges a Limit to Inequality–Will He Acknowledge the Limits to Growth?
/6 Comments/in Economic Growth, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWe are going to need more than a wealth tax to fix our economy.
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.
Integrating Ecology and Economics
/4 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat is the best strategy for incorporating limits to growth into economics?
Building a Movement for Happiness
/2 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechOur guest post discusses some exciting initiatives to augment GDP with indicators that measure our well-being or happiness.
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.”
Krugman’s Growthism
/5 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechDoes Paul Krugman believe GDP growth is making us richer or poorer?