Not Production, Not Consumption, but Transformation
You can always count on Herman Daly to ask the critical questions: “How did this nonsense come into economics?”
These are the CASSE blog articles on economic growth.
National Wildlife Federation Adopts Key Element of Steady-State Thinking
/6 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechStrong support for kicking GDP to the curb just got stronger.
Hooray for the Underdog
/3 Comments/in Economic Growth, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechCASSE being named the Best Green Think Tank of 2011 is a testament to underdogs everywhere.
Sir Thomas Enough: Utopia and the Steady State
/4 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Jobs and Employment, Money and Investments, Population, Poverty, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWith his vision of Utopia, perhaps Sir Thomas More should have changed his last name to Enough.
Another Bite out of Life
/5 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechAs the economy bloats with bigger and bigger bites taken from the biosphere, what’s the 21st century response?
Fitting the Name to the Named
/8 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechTo some, “steady state” sounds pessimistic. But to many, “steady state” is a sincere name for our best bet at an exceptional economy.
The Great Energy Rethink: Lessons from Japan and the Neighborhood
/6 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechMisplaced confidence is preventing us from making decent decisions about our energy supplies.
The Full Seas Act and the College of the 21st Century
/3 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Jobs and Employment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechStriving to create perpetually more jobs on a finite planet is a sure path to growing unemployment.
Growth of GDP and Discontent in Egypt and Tunisia
/4 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Food and Agriculture, Jobs and Employment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechEgypt and Tunisia have a lesson: GDP is a measure of the commotion of money in an economy, not a measure of delivered well-being.
A Liberating (but Damned Uncomfortable) Conversion
/9 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Monetary Policy, Money and Investments, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly entreats economists not to eschew the wonderful wisdom of Wendell Berry.