Efficiency and Entrepreneurship: Key Ingredients for Infinite Growth
Professor Mountebank sets the record straight: the magic of infinite growth comes from the magic of ever-increasing efficiency.
These are the CASSE blog articles on the environment.
Where Infinite Growth Meets Biophysical Limit
/1 Comment/in Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIf we don’t like the expense of government regulation and bureaucracies, then we’ve basically got three choices. And only two of them have a future.
Climate Change Trumps Terrorism as Threat to National Security
/5 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThreats from abroad are real, but so are the threats from domestic energy policies and overconsumption of fossil fuels.
Who Will Get This Economy Going? No One
/7 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Jobs and Employment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechGrowing the economy and improving the economy are two very different things — why don’t the candidates for U.S. President get it?
Economic Growth: The Missing Link in Environmental Journalism
/8 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Environment, Population, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechJournalists are failing to connect the dots between economic growth and the most profound environmental problems.
The Populations Problem
/20 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Population, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly offers an original take on the tired debate of “too many people vs. too much consumption” — a spot-on reframing of a critical issue.
Pulling Back the Curtain on Economic Growth’s Magic Act
/9 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Environment, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechA new book exposes the delusion of endless growth with a clear look at how humanity uses and misuses energy resources.
More People, Less Unemployment?
/2 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Environment, Population, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIn a shocking turn of events, politicians have said some misleading things. They have a lot to learn about the needed demographic and economic transition.
Selecting “Surrogate Species” for Conservation: How About an 800-Pounder?
/6 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBrian Czech offers sound advice for conservation professionals and everyone else concerned with protecting wildlife and ecosystems.
Population and a Dose of Common Sense
/3 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Policy, Environment, Population, Poverty, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBlake Alcott navigates the mine field of population policy and manages to defuse a mine or two along the way.