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.”
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?
What to Do When You Suspect We’re Headed for Collapse
/9 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat can you do in the face environmental and social mayhem? Learn something, say something, and do something.
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.
An Economic Game Plan to Prevent Water Pollution
/2 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWater pollution is not just a technical problem. It’s an emergent property of our flawed economic system.
Biocultural Heritage: The Foundation of a Sustainable Economy
/5 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Poverty, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWant healthy ecosystems and healthy economies? You’d better think about conserving biocultural heritage.
A Medical Missionary’s Environmental Epiphany
/7 Comments/in Climate Change, Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Governance, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat can leprosy and its treatment teach us about ourselves and how to manage our environmental crises?
Who’s Going to Lead the Way to a Sustainable Economy?
/6 Comments/in Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThere’s hope that the next generation of workers will make the shift to a sustainable economy.
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.