Top 5 Threats to the World’s Beaches (and a Systemic Solution)
Only an economy that externalizes environmental costs would underwrite development practices that are pushing beaches to the brink of extinction.
These are the CASSE blog articles on economic policy.
Top 10 Policies for a Steady State Economy
/15 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Jobs and Employment, Money and Investments, Population, Poverty, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhile we’re hunkered down enduring the inevitable collapse of the growth economy, we should consider sound policies for a sustainable economy.
A Question of Scarcity
/4 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechOn our full-world planet, we face an urgent challenge to find strategic points in decision-making processes to encourage “right-sized” consumption.
Insanity Reigns at the World Bank
/1 Comment/in Economic Policy, Environment, Money and Investments, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechNow’s the time to maintain pressure on the World Bank to avoid costly failures in constructing a 21st-century energy infrastructure.
The Debt Ceiling: What’s Good for the Public Goose is Good for the Private Gander
/1 Comment/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIt’s common sense: if you want a debt ceiling for the federal government, then you ought to want a debt ceiling for the private sector as well.
Unlimited Competition Is Not Sustainable
/3 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechRunning in place on a treadmill, the agricultural sector illustrates how continuous competition leads to nowhere.
Growth and Laissez-faire
/5 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Energy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechLaissez-faire takes on a new meaning — it is the ecosystem, not the economy that must be “left alone” to manage itself and evolve by its own rules.
The End of the Age of Extraction
/3 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThe age of extraction is ending. We need a true cost economy that can meet people’s needs without undermining planetary life-support systems.
Bring Back Hank Paulson — On One Condition
/0 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Policy, Environment, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHe’s not the ideal, but if appointed Fed Chair, Hank Paulson might actually consider the environmental effects of Fed policies.
Fixing Food and Farming with a True-Cost Economy
/2 Comments/in Economic Policy, Food and Agriculture, Population, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThe transition to a steady state economy coincides with the transition to an ecologically sound food system.
