The Five Dumbest Things You’ll Hear About Sustainability
People have said some misguided things about how to run a sustainable economy — here are Brian Czech’s top 5.
Top 10 Policies for a Steady State Economy
/15 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Jobs and Employment, Money and Investments, Population, Poverty, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhile we’re hunkered down enduring the inevitable collapse of the growth economy, we should consider sound policies for a sustainable economy.
A Question of Scarcity
/4 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechOn our full-world planet, we face an urgent challenge to find strategic points in decision-making processes to encourage “right-sized” consumption.
Insanity Reigns at the World Bank
/1 Comment/in Economic Policy, Environment, Money and Investments, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechNow’s the time to maintain pressure on the World Bank to avoid costly failures in constructing a 21st-century energy infrastructure.
The Debt Ceiling: What’s Good for the Public Goose is Good for the Private Gander
/1 Comment/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIt’s common sense: if you want a debt ceiling for the federal government, then you ought to want a debt ceiling for the private sector as well.
Unlimited Competition Is Not Sustainable
/3 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechRunning in place on a treadmill, the agricultural sector illustrates how continuous competition leads to nowhere.
Growth and Laissez-faire
/5 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Energy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechLaissez-faire takes on a new meaning — it is the ecosystem, not the economy that must be “left alone” to manage itself and evolve by its own rules.
Approaching a Steady State Economy, Part 2 — Clean Clothes
/11 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat can a laundry experiment in one household teach us about economizing and innovating in the broader economy?
Approaching a Steady State Economy, Part 1 — Getting Around
/1 Comment/in Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechFiguring out how to run a sustainable economy is a tough task — drilling down to one sector offers some insights.
The End of the Age of Extraction
/3 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechThe age of extraction is ending. We need a true cost economy that can meet people’s needs without undermining planetary life-support systems.
