What Should We Tax?
Herman Daly suggests a simple rule: tax what we want less of, not what we want more of.
These are the CASSE blog articles on sustainability.
The Role of Religious Congregations in Promoting a Steady State Economy
/3 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Population, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechStewardship of creation requires people to accept the limits to growth and manage the economy accordingly. Religious congregations can help spread this idea.
Game Changer: National Wildlife Federation Adopts a Resolution on GDP
/6 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThe National Wildlife Federation Earns the Support of the Common Sense Club.
Not Production, Not Consumption, but Transformation
/6 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechYou can always count on Herman Daly to ask the critical questions: “How did this nonsense come into economics?”
National Wildlife Federation Adopts Key Element of Steady-State Thinking
/6 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechStrong support for kicking GDP to the curb just got stronger.
Hooray for the Underdog
/3 Comments/in Economic Growth, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechCASSE being named the Best Green Think Tank of 2011 is a testament to underdogs everywhere.
Sir Thomas Enough: Utopia and the Steady State
/4 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Jobs and Employment, Money and Investments, Population, Poverty, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWith his vision of Utopia, perhaps Sir Thomas More should have changed his last name to Enough.
Another Bite out of Life
/5 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechAs the economy bloats with bigger and bigger bites taken from the biosphere, what’s the 21st century response?
Fitting the Name to the Named
/8 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechTo some, “steady state” sounds pessimistic. But to many, “steady state” is a sincere name for our best bet at an exceptional economy.
Surely We Can Do Better than Nuclear Socialism
/3 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBrent Blackwelder suggests that you don’t have to worry about a solar or wind “spill” contaminating the air, land and water.