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Book Review: Crazy Climate and Rigged Economies by Gerry Greaves

July 29, 2020/0 Comments/in Climate Change, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Steady State Economy, Steady State Herald /by Brian Czech

By Skyler Perkins

Crazy Climate and Rigged Economies begins with a story of a boy who aspires to engineer a bridge. That young boy was author Gerry Greaves, and though he never designed a bridge during his career as a structural engineer, his new book offers a conceptual bridge to a sustainable society. Greaves guides readers through the challenges of our unsustainable and rigged economy and promotes solutions to stabilize our democracy,

Book Review: The Green New Deal and Beyond: Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can by Stan Cox

May 15, 2020/1 Comment/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Steady State Economy, Steady State Herald, Sustainability /by Brian Czech

By Gerry Greaves

Achieving sustainable societies globally is likely to be a defining challenge of the 21st century. There is a growing realization that we must act to mitigate the climate crisis. There is also a growing understanding that social and economic injustice must be solved simultaneously. There are many ideas of how to achieve this, but none seems to have caught widespread attention as much as the Green New Deal. This resolution of the U.S.

Book Review: National Accounts and Environmentally Sustainable National Income by Roefie Hueting and Bart de Boer

March 31, 2020/0 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Steady State Herald, Sustainability /by Brian Czech

By Gerry Greaves

When CASSE’s Executive Director, Brian Czech, asked me if I would like to review a book on national accounts, my first reaction was, “Why would I care?” I was familiar with the national accounting system, but my concentration in environmental advocacy typically focused on climate change and its effects on economic inequality. My interest was piqued, though, when he explained that this book was different, because the authors had developed a system to incorporate environmental sustainability in the national accounts.

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