Growth and Laissez-faire
Laissez-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.
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The Lurking Inconsistency
/7 Comments/in Biodiversity, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Endangered Species, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly suggests that changing the economy will require more than new policies; it’ll require a substantial change in worldview.
Book Review: The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and the Economic Dissolution of the West by Paul Craig Roberts
/2 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Jobs and Employment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIt’s rare to find a Wall Street Journal columnist (and a Ronald Reagan appointee) calling for a steady-state economy.
Enough: The Central Concept in Economics
/4 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechIn his foreword to the book, Enough Is Enough, Herman Daly contemplates the role of sufficiency in obtaining “the good life.”
Growth, Debt, and the World Bank
/5 Comments/in Banking, Economic Growth, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly wonders how the World Bank got in the business of increasing the debt of poor countries.
A Liberating (but Damned Uncomfortable) Conversion
/9 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Monetary Policy, Money and Investments, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly entreats economists not to eschew the wonderful wisdom of Wendell Berry.
How to Fix a Household Crisis
/4 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhy are the fields of economics and ecology in crisis, and how can we work toward a solution?
Sustaining our Commonwealth of Nature and Knowledge
/12 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHow can we get a sustainable, fair, and efficient economy? Herman Daly breaks it down.
Fictitious “Facts” Spur Students to Liquidate the Planet
/6 Comments/in Economic Growth, The Daly News /by Brian CzechAre our colleges and universities sending students to work on a misguided mission?
Real Economies and the Illusions of Abstraction
/4 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Money and Investments, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHazel Henderson, a true champion of the steady state economy, digs deep into the deficiencies of our economic and financial systems.