Growthbusters Archives – Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy

The Story of a Steady-State Christmas Yet to Come

December 23, 2021/7 Comments/in Climate Change, Consumption, Postgrowth, Steady State Economy, Steady State Herald /by Haley Mullins

by James Lamont

Every year we are inundated with a mountain of content advising us on how to have a low impact or psychologically healthy Christmas, complete with the latest juicy and disturbing figures from our laughably inefficient economy. Caught in a matrix of overbearing social obligations, financial and employment pressures, and the imminent collapse of our life support systems, the proliferation of these articles is a welcome sign.

Who Will Get This Economy Going? No One

November 4, 2012/7 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Jobs and Employment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Growing the economy and improving the economy are two very different things — why don’t the candidates for U.S. President get it?

The Titanic Code

April 19, 2012/5 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic gets Dave Gardner thinking about the speed at which economic growth is propelling us toward unseen icebergs.