Japan as the new normal: Living in a constrained economy

By Brendan Barrett, OurWorld 2.0

I am struggling to come to terms with the possibility that Japan may economically be the “new normal”. By “new normal” I mean a situation where the economy is in recession for prolonged periods of time, seeing only fleeting periods of growth. My struggle relates to the fact that conventional wisdom would suggest that after two decades of recessionary tendencies, Japan should be an economic and societal wreck. But quite the opposite is the case. In many respects Japan seems to be doing fine.

Fiscal Cliff: Nowhere to go But Down

By Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute

Most folks in Washington and on Wall Street are desperate to avoid the fiscal cliff. That’s because the automatic spending cuts and tax increases that would take effect if we go over the edge would mean an end to recovery and a resumption of economic contraction.

Nate Hagens: The end of growth

By Karen Rybold-Chin, on the earth productions

WUD Society and Politics Committee, and Madison Peak Oil Group host energy/finance expert Nate Hagens for a presentation that weaves together economics, anthropology, psychology, finance, trade, energy and human behavior into a coherent story about our human social system.

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The end of growth – Dec 4

By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org

•On the Road to Zero Growth •Is green growth possible? •Living Without Economic Growth •Have we really seen the end of growth?

Economics – Oct 26

By Resilience.org Staff

-Narcissism, Consumerism and the End of Growth -Spain's next threat: Losing 20% of its economy -How Transition is starting to rebuild Ontario -Amid the Echoes of an Economic Crash, the Sounds of Greek Society Being Torn

Economic Crisis Shakes Old Paradigms

By Walden Bello, Foreign Policy In Focus

The world will soon enter the sixth year of the Great Recession, and there is no end in sight. In the United States, where stagnation continues to reign, some 23 million Americans remain out of work, are underemployed, or have simply dropped out of the labor force owing to frustration--a condition that now threatens to precipitate Barack Obama's replacement by a Republican candidate whose program would only worsen the crisis.