Finding Real Economic Leadership in the Wake of Rio+20
Where’s the leadership we need on the economy? Without it, we’ll pay a heavy environmental price.
These are the CASSE blog articles on economic growth.
Real Dichotomies Are Not Made “False” by Soft Science or Political Pandering
/6 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechEcologists need to stop drinking the green Koolaid and tell it like it is regarding the conflict between economic growth and ecological health.
Why Bargains are Bad
/4 Comments/in Consumption, Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Environment, Jobs and Employment, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThrift hasn’t disappeared; it just mutated into the endless search for cheaper stuff.
The Heroic Works of Jerry Mander
/3 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechJerry Mander has saved the day so many times and in such surprising ways.
Economics as if the Laws of Thermodynamics Mattered
/13 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechEveryone who participates in the economy should understand the relevance of entropy to economic production and consumption.
Occupy the G-8
/1 Comment/in Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Jobs and Employment, Population, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhen the G-8 convened at Camp David, Brent Blackwelder was on hand to address the Occupy Movement.
What’s “Rio+20” and Why Should We Care?
/8 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechRio+20 is a real opportunity for steady staters — a potential coming-out party for the economics of sustainability.
What Is the Limiting Factor?
/14 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIt is not for nothing that our system is called “capitalism” rather than “natural resource-ism.”
Toward a New Bretton Woods and a Sustainable Civilization
/8 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Poverty, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechEric Zencey reports encouraging news from the United Nations, but he knows a sustainable economic system won’t arise without concerted effort.
Negative Externalities Are the Norm
/5 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHere’s a crazy but true fact: negative externalities are the norm — not the exception — in our current economic setup.
