By Richard Heinberg, Pacific Standard Magazine
The definition of gross I have in mind is “exclusive of deductions,” as in gross profits versus net profits. The profits we’ll be considering come in the forms not just of money but, more crucially, of energy.
By Kate Raworth, Doughnut Economics
Is there a way off the economic escalator?
By Dan Bednarz, Health after Oil
The WHO (World Health Organization) has released its latest in a series of reports...I find the report psychologically dissociative, ethically compromised, and in an intellectual malaise.
By Richard Heinberg, Richard Heinberg's Museletter
Today it is especially difficult for most people to understand our perilous global energy situation, precisely because it has never been more important to do so. Got that? No? Okay, let me explain.
By Rob Dietz, Steady State Economy
The global economy is growing beyond the capacity of the biosphere. How can we change this?
By Ugo Bardi, Cassandra's legacy
The economy of Italy seem to be declining as a consequence of the increasing cost (or - equivalently - declining energy returns, EROEI) of primary energy sources, mainly natural gas and crude oil.
By Asher Miller, Rob Hopkins, Post Carbon Institute
This is an Italian translation of the joint Post Carbon Institute/Transition Network report Climate After Growth: Why Environmentalists Must Embrace Post-Growth Economics and Community Resilience.
By Marcin Gerwin, Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org
The central point of economic policy is maintaining or increasing economic growth...Do you think it’s a realistic approach? An interview with Richard Heinberg for the Polish site Dziennik Opinii.
By Dave Gardner, Growthbusters
This year on Black Friday, we’re offering the world an alternative to mayhem at the mall.
By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
We turn now to a pair of climate scientists who are calling for what some may view as a shocking solution to the climate crisis: a rethinking of the economic order in the United States and other industrialized nations.
By Gregor Macdonald, Peak Prosperity
Improbably, the global economy has returned to growth over the past four years despite the ravages of a deflationary debt collapse, a punishing oil shock, ongoing constraint from debt and deleveraging, and stagnant global wages.
By Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
Evidently, Respectable People are starting to discuss The End of Growth. Wow.