Reprinted by the Steady State Press in August 2021

Politicians, economists, and Wall Street would have us believe that limitless expansion is the Holy Grail, and that there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment. Supply Shock debunks this widely accepted myth, leaving no doubt that the biggest idea of the 20th century—economic growth—has now become the biggest problem of the 21st.

Required reading for anyone concerned about the world our children and grandchildren will inherit, this landmark work lays a solid foundation for a new economic model, perhaps in time for preventing global catastrophes; certainly in time to mitigate the damage.

Brian Czech is CASSE’s founder and executive director. Brian’s background is in ecology, conservation biology, and economics, and together with colleagues from several professional scientific societies, he crafted a position statement on economic growth that has been signed by nearly 16,000 individuals and endorsed by hundreds of progressive organizations.

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What Readers are Saying

“It may be premature to call this book a masterpiece, but it’s evident that Czech has mastered the art of melding science, economics, policy and politics in one readable piece. Supply Shock belongs in the classroom, boardroom, town halls and policy circles. It belongs in the hands of all those who care, as Czech might say, ‘about the grandkids.’”

—Herman Daly, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland; author of Steady State Economics; Lifetime Achievement Award winner

“An old economic world is dying, and a new economic world is being born. Brian Czech is one of the midwives of this new economic world.”

–Governor Richard D. Lamm

“This is a brave book that raises questions we all need to ask and try to answer. Czech proposes the evolution of a revolution, thinking and feeling and working our way toward a fair, sustainable, constructive social order in America and all around the world. The style is clear, cogent, honest, stimulating, free of clutter, and often amusing; it’s boredom-free. You’ll enjoy it.”

                             –Neil Patterson, president, Neil Patterson Productions; past president, W.H. Freeman and Company

“Supply Shock clearly describes the heart of what ails us—a zombielike addiction to economic growth everywhere at all costs. Brian Czech brilliantly dissects the economic theories, models, and mindsets that are diminishing the human prospect while calling it ‘progress’. . . . King Midas would have understood the point, as we will someday. There are biophysical limits to economic and population growth and we ignore them at our peril.”

–David W. Orr is Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Senior Adviser to the President, Oberlin College