These are the CASSE blog articles on the steady state economy.

Posizione verso la Crescita Economica (Italian)

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Considerato che:

1) La crescita economica, come viene definita nei libri di testo ufficiali, è un aumento della produzione e del consumo di beni e servizi;

2) La crescita economica avviene quando c’è un aumento del prodotto tra popolazione e consumo pro capita;

3) L’economia globale cresce come un insieme unificato composto dai settori agricoli, estrattivi, manifatturieri, industriali e dei servizi, i quali necessitano risorse materiali e generano rifiuti;

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Position sur la croissance économique (French)

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Attendu:

1) Que la croissance économique, selon les ouvrages classiques d’économie, se définit comme une augmentation de la production et de la consommation de biens et de services;

2) Que la croissance économique résulte d’une augmentation du produit de la multiplication de la population par le niveau de consommation par habitant;

3) Que l’économie globale croît comme un tout constitué des secteurs de l’agriculture, de l’extraction, de la fabrication et des services,

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Rob Dietz

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Rob Dietz brings a fresh perspective to the discussion of economics and environmental sustainability.  His diverse background in economics, environmental science and engineering, and conservation biology (plus his work in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors) has given him an unusual ability to connect the dots when it comes to the topic of sustainability.  Rob is the author, with Dan O’Neill, of Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources.

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Brent Blackwelder

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Aside from being one of the friendliest people you’ll ever meet, Brent Blackwelder is an amazing advocate for environmental protection and economic sanity.  His entire career has focused on serving the public and making our communities and our planet better places to live.

Brent recently retired as the president of Friends of the Earth where he was renowned for speaking truth to power.  He testified in front of the U.S.

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Brian Czech

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Brian Czech has a Ph.D. in renewable natural resources studies from the University of Arizona with a minor in political science. The founding President of CASSE, Brian is also a Visiting Professor at Virginia Tech, where he teaches ecological economics in the National Capitol Region. A prolific author in a variety of venues, his scientific articles have appeared in dozens of peer-reviewed journals, dealing primarily with ecological and economic sustainability issues.

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Herman Daly

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Herman Daly, 1938-2022, was (and is posthumously) the unquestioned champion of steady-state economics.  Throughout his career, Daly swam courageously upstream in the river of political economy. Not content to bequeath his brilliance solely to the academic realm, he spent seven years as a senior economist at the World Bank for policy reform in the real world.  He also wrote books popular with concerned, serious citizens around the world, including For the Common Good (with John Cobb) and Beyond Growth.

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