Gross National Happiness Archives – Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy

The Kid and the Modern American Growth Scam

July 23, 2020/3 Comments/in Consumption, Corruption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Herald /by Brian Czech

By Mark Cramer

Modified from the original published in Welcome to Fakeville! (medium.com/@WTFakeville) on May 14, 2020.

In Charles Chaplin’s classic film, The Kid, the Kid runs around town throwing rocks into windows, setting the stage for his dad, the Tramp, to show up (by chance) with window-repair equipment. The family business is based on destruction.

Between the lines, this film introduces the God of the modern era: economic growth,

Building a Movement for Happiness

May 21, 2014/2 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Our guest post discusses some exciting initiatives to augment GDP with indicators that measure our well-being or happiness.

Toward a New Bretton Woods and a Sustainable Civilization

May 2, 2012/8 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Poverty, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Eric Zencey reports encouraging news from the United Nations, but he knows a sustainable economic system won’t arise without concerted effort.

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