The One Percent: Not Kristallnacht but Lebensraum
The purchase of expensive luxury goods requires an agricultural and extractive surplus at the base of the economy–this is the “tropic theory of money.”
These are the CASSE blog articles on the steady state economy.
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.
Toward a Finite-Planet Journalism
/4 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIf the majority of voters remain ecologically illiterate, they must give up either civilization or democracy.
Climate Change: The Wrong Top Priority for Environmentalists and Conservation Professionals
/16 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechFive reasons why economic growth should be the rallying point for environmentalists and conservationists.
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!