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The Connection Between Population, Income, and Health

July 3, 2019/5 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Environment, Population, Poverty, Steady State Economy, Steady State Herald, Technology /by Brian Czech

by Max Kummerow

For hundreds of years, economists have debated whether population growth is good or bad. Malthus said exponential population growth increases labor supply, so wages fall until starvation, war, or plague stops growth in numbers. Marx said capitalism causes poverty and hunger, so population growth is good, because “every stomach is born with a pair of hands”, bringing revolution and justice closer.

Nearly 200 years later, Garrett Hardin and Julian Simon were still debating the same question.

A Country of Immigrants

February 4, 2019/1 Comment/in Economic Policy, Jobs and Employment, Population, Steady State Economy, Steady State Herald, Sustainability /by Brian Czech

By Herman Daly

Historically, the U.S. is undeniably a country of immigrants. But why is this uncontested fact so repeatedly emphasized? Might the unremitting celebration of immigration as a policy (as opposed to the celebration of particular immigrants as people) obscure a dark side of our immigration history?

Population and the Steady State Economy

October 25, 2018/2 Comments/in Consumption, Environment, Jobs and Employment, Population, Poverty, Steady State Economy, Steady State Herald, Sustainability /by Brian Czech

By Max Kummerow

Sir David Attenborough remarked in a 2011 presidential lecture to the Royal Society that “every environmental and social problem is made more difficult and ultimately impossible to solve with ever more people.” Wherever women’s status has improved and societies modernized, he said, birth rates have fallen. He begged his audience to “talk about population.”

The Negative Natural Interest Rate and Uneconomic Growth

January 13, 2014/6 Comments/in Banking, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Jobs and Employment, Monetary Policy, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

The next nonsensical strategy for maintaining the dream of endless GDP expansion? Negative interest rates!

Elect More Women: Prerequisite for a Sustainable Economy

December 10, 2012/2 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Population, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

With men controlling legislative bodies, we’ve arrived at a global crisis point (both environmentally and socially). It’s time to try electing more women.

The Next President’s Inaugural Speech (If Only…)

September 4, 2012/1 Comment/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Population, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Brent Blackwelder as head speechwriter for the next U.S. president? It sure would be a refreshing change.

The Role of Religious Congregations in Promoting a Steady State Economy

May 31, 2011/3 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Population, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Stewardship of creation requires people to accept the limits to growth and manage the economy accordingly. Religious congregations can help spread this idea.

The Big Population Question and New Creation

October 10, 2010/11 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Population, Religion, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Herman Daly doesn’t dodge tough topics or prickly problems. In this post he provides perceptive perspectives on population and a hopeful future for humanity.

Modernizing Henry George

July 18, 2010/8 Comments/in Climate Change, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

Herman Daly elaborates on the economics of Henry George — reckoning with resources, redistributing rents, and a supplying a sane strategy for serving people and planet.

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