A Shift in the Burden of Proof
The World Bank and other proponents of growth need to prove that growth is actually “economic” instead of “uneconomic.”
These are the CASSE blog articles on economic policy.
Enough Is Enough
/7 Comments/in Consumption, Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Jobs and Employment, Money and Investments, Population, Poverty, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBrian Czech’s foreword to the new report, Enough is Enough: Ideas for a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources.
The “Good New Days” in a Non-Growing Economy
/6 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHave you had enough dismal news about the economy and the environment? Try imagining the good life in a steady state economy!
Recession — An Opportunity We Should Not Pass Up
/6 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Jobs and Employment, The Daly News /by Brian CzechGuest writer Peter Seidel regards the recession as a reasonable resource for rearranging our economic enterprise.
Elitist Growth by Cheap Labor Policies
/9 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Jobs and Employment, Population, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechJettisoned jobs, illegal immigration, and manic mechanization make for profoundly impractical employment policies.
The Errant Economics of Detrimental Dams and Ruined Rivers
/2 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThe dismal dossier on dams in the U.S. didn’t deter their development and associated avoidable damage around the globe.
Opportunity Cost of Growth
/6 Comments/in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Population, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly swims upstream like a salmon, fighting the flow of fallacious philosophy from growth economists — you won’t want to miss his final refrain on this one.
Modernizing Henry George
/8 Comments/in Climate Change, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly elaborates on the economics of Henry George — reckoning with resources, redistributing rents, and a supplying a sane strategy for serving people and planet.
Presuppositions of Policy
/3 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly’s address to aspiring policy professionals provides a powerful approach to considering the common good.
BP: Beyond Probablilities
/5 Comments/in Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBrian Czech elaborates on the inevitability of environmental calamities as long as economic growth is the goal.