An Economics Fit for Purpose in a Finite World
Our current economic policy goal is not fit for a finite and entropic world. But what would our economic policy goal be in a steady state economy?
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Three Limits to Growth
/8 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechOur economy faces a futility limit, ecological catastrophe limit, and an economic limit. Fortunately, the economic limit will likely be the first we encounter; hopefully we can implement a steady state economy before the others are reached!
A Medical Missionary’s Environmental Epiphany
/7 Comments/in Climate Change, Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Governance, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat can leprosy and its treatment teach us about ourselves and how to manage our environmental crises?
Too Many Jobs
/4 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Jobs and Employment, Population, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechPolicies needed to stabilize population and consumption will be difficult to enact, but difficult is a lot easier than impossible.
The Canutist State
/0 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat would King Canute do? One thing’s for sure: he wouldn’t be so arrogant as to try IBM’s approach.
Technological Progress for Dummies
/5 Comments/in Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechPart 1 of Brian Czech’s explanation of why we can’t rely on technological progress to overcome the limits to economic growth.
Opportunity Cost of Growth
/6 Comments/in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Population, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly swims upstream like a salmon, fighting the flow of fallacious philosophy from growth economists — you won’t want to miss his final refrain on this one.
A Smarter Planet?
/7 Comments/in Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Energy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechDolts, dimwits, and dunces: Herman Daly delivers a dose of reality on what denotes “dumb.”
Money and the Steady State Economy
/11 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Monetary Policy, Money and Investments, Steady State Economy, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly pulls back the curtain on money and proposes a powerful policy for positive change.
Forty Shades of… “Less Brown?”
/9 Comments/in Consumption, Environment, The Daly News /by Brian CzechEncouraging evidence for a new economic perspective: the true meaning of a “green” economy