Piketty Acknowledges a Limit to Inequality–Will He Acknowledge the Limits to Growth?
We are going to need more than a wealth tax to fix our economy.
These are the CASSE blog articles on money and investments.
The One Percent: Not Kristallnacht but Lebensraum
/1 Comment/in Brian Czech, Consumption, Economic Growth, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThe purchase of expensive luxury goods requires an agricultural and extractive surplus at the base of the economy–this is the “tropic theory of money.”
The Negative Natural Interest Rate and Uneconomic Growth
/6 Comments/in Banking, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Jobs and Employment, Monetary Policy, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThe next nonsensical strategy for maintaining the dream of endless GDP expansion? Negative interest rates!
Top 10 Policies for a Steady State Economy
/15 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Jobs and Employment, Money and Investments, Population, Poverty, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhile we’re hunkered down enduring the inevitable collapse of the growth economy, we should consider sound policies for a sustainable economy.
Insanity Reigns at the World Bank
/1 Comment/in Economic Policy, Environment, Money and Investments, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechNow’s the time to maintain pressure on the World Bank to avoid costly failures in constructing a 21st-century energy infrastructure.
The Debt Ceiling: What’s Good for the Public Goose is Good for the Private Gander
/1 Comment/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIt’s common sense: if you want a debt ceiling for the federal government, then you ought to want a debt ceiling for the private sector as well.
Bring Back Hank Paulson — On One Condition
/0 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Policy, Environment, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHe’s not the ideal, but if appointed Fed Chair, Hank Paulson might actually consider the environmental effects of Fed policies.
Getting to the Root of the Problem
/5 Comments/in Economic Growth, Food and Agriculture, Money and Investments, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechJason Bradford realized that humanity was sitting in a precarious position of ecological overshoot. His response is downright inspiring.
How I’ve Responded to the Financial Crisis
/8 Comments/in Money and Investments, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechMaybe pirates had a good idea about burying their loot — see how to disentangle yourself from the too-big-to-fail financial system.
Nationalize Money, Not Banks
/10 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBanks should not be allowed to live the alchemist’s dream by creating money out of nothing and lending it at interest.