Behavioral Economics: a Breath of Fresh Air
Errant economists irrationally expect an excess of rationality. Enter the behavioral and ecological economists to examine experiences in the real world.
These are the CASSE blog articles on the environment.
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.
Are People Smarter Than Chipmunks?
/5 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechPeople can beat the tar out of chipmunks on I.Q. tests (most of us, anyhow), but we may be in the same boat when it comes to interpreting threats.
Epitaph for the Poles?
/1 Comment/in Economic Growth, Environment, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHere lie the polar regions, melted into their watery graves by endless efforts to elicit economic growth.
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.
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.”
Forty Shades of… “Less Brown?”
/9 Comments/in Consumption, Environment, The Daly News /by Brian CzechEncouraging evidence for a new economic perspective: the true meaning of a “green” economy