How I’ve Responded to the Financial Crisis
Maybe pirates had a good idea about burying their loot — see how to disentangle yourself from the too-big-to-fail financial system.
These are the CASSE blog articles on money and investments.
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.
Confessions of a Closet Football Fan
/2 Comments/in Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Money and Investments, The Daly News /by Brian CzechNo corner of American culture, including the corners of football fields, is immune to the untenable philosophy of perpetual growth.
Capital, Debt, and Alchemy
/4 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Environment, Money and Investments, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly explains Frederick Soddy’s far-reaching economic insight, and he comes up with a doozy of a conclusion.
Cheater Economics
/7 Comments/in Corporate Reform, Economic Policy, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThey say cheaters never prosper, but the cheaters seem to be doing just fine in an economy that condones their fraudulent ways.
The Infinite-Planet Approach Won’t Solve the European Debt Crisis
/5 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechTo fix the European debt crisis and prevent the next series of financial crises, we’d better learn the lessons of our finite planet.
Storage Nation
/3 Comments/in Consumption, Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Money and Investments, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIs there a more surreal industry than self storage when viewed from the steady-state perspective?
Presenting the Economic Policy of the Occupy Movement
/5 Comments/in Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Jobs and Employment, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechOccupiers need to unite around a macroeconomic goal — and the right goal is a steady state economy.
How to Turn the Power of the Wall Street Protests into Real Reforms
/4 Comments/in Corporate Reform, Economic Policy, Jobs and Employment, Money and Investments, The Daly News /by Brian CzechA “repatriation holiday” would be good for well-to-do CEOs and investors, not so good for workers and taxpayers.
Making Sense of the Protests through a Post-Growth Lens
/3 Comments/in Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Jobs and Employment, Money and Investments, The Daly News /by Brian CzechProtestors have a visceral grasp on the fact that the economy has been engineered for ecological and financial ruin.