Are We Hard-Wired to Think We Can Grow Forever?
Is there an evolutionary mechanism stopping us from living within our planetary constraints? If so, can we overcome it before it is too late?
Paul Krugman on Limits to Growth: Beware the Bathwater
/2 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBrian Czech responds to Paul Krugman’s shockingly weak column, which argues against the limits to growth with the example of slow steaming.
The New Economy versus Today’s Flat Earthers
/1 Comment/in Economic Growth, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechMainstream economists base their recommendations on the idea that the Earth is somehow infinite–a notion equally absurd as the idea that the Earth is flat.
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.
An Economics Fit for Purpose in a Finite World
/10 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechOur current economic policy goal is not fit for a finite and entropic world. But what would our economic policy goal be in 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.
Three Limits to Growth
/8 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechOur economy faces a futility limit, ecological catastrophe limit, and an economic limit. Fortunately, the economic limit will likely be the first we encounter; hopefully we can implement a steady state economy before the others are reached!
Building a Local Movement: Transition Winnipeg Embraces the Steady State Economy
/3 Comments/in Economic Policy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhen individual action is too little, and national policy reform will be too late, community-based movement may be just right.
Giant Mats of Green Slime in Lake Erie Signal a Need for New Economic Approaches to Pollution
/1 Comment/in Environment, Food and Agriculture, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat do we do when water supplies are cut off to a city of 400,000 people?
Transformative Common Sense in Vermont
/2 Comments/in Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechVermont moves to the forefront of a quiet revolution to integrate GPI into social and economic policy.