A Population Perspective on the Steady State Economy
The population problem should be considered from the point of view of all populations–populations of both humans and their things–if we are going to achieve a steady state economy.
These are the CASSE blog articles on the environment.
Crossroads on Global Infrastructure
/6 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechA momentous choice is before us. Will we choose more mega-highway projects, centralized electric power plants, and mega-dams, or more decentralized wind and solar investments?
A Stick in the Stocking: Santa’s Supply Shock
/5 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechA drop in fuel prices may seem great now, but what happens after the party is over?
The Role of Cities in Moving Toward a Sustainable Economy
/1 Comment/in Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat can one person do to affect positive changes for Planet Earth? Look to the city level for inspiring answers!
Hedonism, Survivalism, and the Burden of Knowledge
/6 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat do we do with the knowledge that we may be headed for climate catastrophe?
Animal Welfare: Seeing the Forest for the Denizens
/5 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHas economic growth become the inconvenient truth for animal welfare?
Use and Abuse of the “Natural Capital” Concept
/7 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Policy, Environment, Monetary Policy, Money and Investments, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly explains how we can use prices now as tools for rationing a fixed predetermined flow of resources, rather than determining the volume of resources taken from nature, or the physical scale of the economic subsystem.
Do U.S. Election Financing Laws Force Politicians to Ignore Limits to Growth?
/1 Comment/in Environment, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBrent Blackwelder explains the connection between campaign financing laws and a steady state economy.
The Kingdom of God: A Steady State Economy?
/4 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Population, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBrian Czech discusses a theological basis for a steady state economy.
An Economics Fit for Purpose in a Finite World
/10 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechOur current economic policy goal is not fit for a finite and entropic world. But what would our economic policy goal be in a steady state economy?
