Preempting a Misleading Argument: Why Environmental Problems Will Stop Tracking with GDP
Brian explains how GDP growth will eventually stop tracking with environmental damage–but the reasons may not be what you’d expect!
These are the CASSE blog articles on population.
Potential New Allies in the Effort to Achieve a Sustainable True Cost Economy
/4 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Population, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechDr. Blackwelder discusses how those in faith-based communities can become powerful allies for those of us seeking an economy that meets peoples’ needs without undermining the life support systems of the planet.
A Population Perspective on the Steady State Economy
/9 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Energy, Environment, Governance, Population, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThe 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.
Are We Hard-Wired to Think We Can Grow Forever?
/7 Comments/in Population, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIs there an evolutionary mechanism stopping us from living within our planetary constraints? If so, can we overcome it before it is too late?
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.
Spending on Preventing Climate Wars versus Spending to Secure Sources of Oil
/1 Comment/in Environment, Population, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechTo avoid a fate like the Mayans in Central America and the Polynesians on Easter Island, we will need to move toward a steady state economy–with the help of social scientists and natural scientists.
Cold War Leftovers
/13 Comments/in Banking, Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Governance, Monetary Policy, Politics, Population, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechDaly challenges the assertion that a steady-state economy is inherently capitalistic and must be instead be based on a socialist system.
How Studying in Asia Made Me See the Need for a Steady State Economy
/4 Comments/in Economic Growth, Population, Poverty, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechAsian nations are running a dangerous experiment on the long-term consequences of short-term economic growth.
Voluntary Simplicity and the Steady-State Economy
/7 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Population, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechPeople who live simply and mindfully set the example for the good life in a steady state economy.
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.
