Brian Czech, Ph.D., is the executive director of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, which he founded in 2003. From 1999-2017, Czech served in the headquarters of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. During most of that time, he was also a visiting professor at Virginia Tech. Czech is the author of four books, including Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution.
Service Providers in the Trophic Theory of Money
For now, the bottom line is that the TTOM will continue to serve as a durable reminder of the primacy of agricultural and extractive activity in economic production. It belies the notion of decoupling GDP from energy and material use.
September 19, 2024
Democracy Trumped at the Limits to Growth
When the economy is way too big, the stresses and strains are too much for a liberal democracy to handle. That leaves the steady state economy, at an optimal level, as the greatest hope for maintaining the ideals of liberal democracy.
July 5, 2024
The Steady State Economy Act: Halfway to the Hill?
Promulgating the steady state economy via federal legislation has long been a primary goal at CASSE. However, even a primary goal isn’t necessarily pursued from the get-go.
May 31, 2024
Defining “Economic Development” in Statutory Law: Content and Strategy
The only way to arrive at a safe, sustainable, steady state economy is with substantial behavioral and political reform.
September 12, 2023
Using GDP to estimate the limits to growth
As we’ve emphasized at CASSE for two decades, “Sustainability is a steady state economy.” It’s time to add, “GDP is the ecological footprint.”
May 30, 2023
Ukraine: Putin’s Lebensraum
At this point in history, war is inevitable as long as nations are determined to grow their economies. Economic growth starts at the trophic base; that is, with agricultural surplus. In other words, a bigger economy requires more lebensraum.
April 6, 2022