Iraq and the Military-Industrial Complex versus a True Cost Economy
A switch to solar and other renewables will greatly reduce the resources devoted to waging war and help us achieve a steady state economy.
These are the CASSE blog articles on the steady state economy.
Fresh Water, Growth, Degrowth, and the Steady State Economy
/3 Comments/in Environment, Food and Agriculture, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czechby Geoffrey Matthews
In Our Common Future, the 1987 report of the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, sustainable development is described as a process of change which meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs and aspirations. To achieve this objective, the report suggests a series of goals that should underlie national and international action on development.
Integrating Ecology and Economics
/4 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat is the best strategy for incorporating limits to growth into economics?
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.”
Krugman’s Growthism
/5 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechDoes Paul Krugman believe GDP growth is making us richer or poorer?
Depletion of Moral Capital as a Limit to Growth
/4 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Politics, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHow is the depletion of morality effecting the environment and economic growth?
Tensions in Ukraine: A Scramble for Growth?
/2 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhen viewed through the lens of ecological economics and energy resources, the situation in Ukraine comes into sharp focus.
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.
Do We Have the Courage to Bring the 800-lb Gorilla out of the Corner?
/0 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechJimmy fox suggests three steps necessary to shrink our ecological footprint to fit within Earth’s biocapacity.
Logic in the Face of Sea Level Rise
/2 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIn a steady state economy, the government would handle coastal disasters differently than in today’s growth-obsessed society.