Growth and Free Trade: Brain-Dead Dogmas Still Kicking Hard

Of course, it’s better to be rich than poor, but the conventional approaches for making us rich — GDP growth and free trade — no longer apply.


The Fallacy of the Tragedy of the Commons

Garrett Hardin seems to have made the some incorrect assumptions about human behavior — assumptions familiar to students of economics.


Technological Progress for Dummies, Part II

Brian Czech explains the nuts and bolts of technological progress and why it won’t solve the dilemma of growth.


There’s Hope for a New Economy in the New Year

Brent Blackwelder believes 2012 will be the year we break free from the “global suicide pact” of continuous growth.


Rio+20 Needs to Address the Downsides of Growth

Herman Daly succinctly sums up the steady-state perspective in his suggestion for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development.


The Infinite-Planet Approach Won’t Solve the European Debt Crisis

To fix the European debt crisis and prevent the next series of financial crises, we’d better learn the lessons of our finite planet.


An Open Letter to Peter Kent, Canada’s Minister of the Environment

James Johnston sees through what could only be described as a hoax by Canada’s Minister of the Environment.