Enough Is Enough
Brian Czech’s foreword to the new report, Enough is Enough: Ideas for a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources.
These are the CASSE blog articles on economic policy.
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
/1 Comment/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.
A Smarter Planet?
/7 Comments/in Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Energy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechDolts, dimwits, and dunces: Herman Daly delivers a dose of reality on what denotes “dumb.”