Stairway to Heaven
Technocornucopians see the world of the future as a great 3D printer with an unlimited supply reservoir.
limits to growth
Approaching a Global Deflationary Crisis?
Anyone with any sense for global economic trends ought to be worried. The signs are everywhere of a serious deflationary crisis.
Moral Discomfort, Privilege, and the Politics of Air-Conditioning
As I learned in graduate-school, the legitimate fear of change and the unknown expressed in each case is, more significantly, working at the same time to protect some form of unacknowledged and unseen privilege.
Earth Overshoot Day and Not-For-Profit Enterprise
In 2015, 13 August is Earth Overshoot Day. The day marks the estimated calendar date when humanity’s demand on the planet’s ecological services (which produce renewable resources and assimilate wastes) outstrips what the Earth can supply
Would the Steady-State Economy Be a Miracle?
Many people think that advocating a steady-state economy is like wishing for a miracle. I understand their reasoning and take their point—in the present era of growthism it does seem rather like advocating a miracle.
Post-Development Discourse: Lessons for the Degrowth Movement
Is degrowth only conceivable in the context of “oversaturated” industrial societies while the global “South” remains dependent on growth?
Neither Crowdfunding, Nor Oxi, Nor Anything Else Can Stave Off Greece’s Systemic Collapse
A recent crowdfunding campaign to bail out Greece does little more than obfuscate the role that energy shortages play in Greece’s systemic collapse.
The Greece and Eurozone Crisis Made Simple
If you kick the can down the road repeatedly you eventually run out of road.
Greece and the Limits to Growth
Certainly there is reason to pause and to question the idea of infinite economic growth on a finite planet.
Greece: the bad apple of the bunch?
If the "Limits to Growth" model describes the present situation, then the Greek decline is not a direct consequence of problems with the Euro or with wrong policies of the Greek government.
The Limits to Growth and Greece: Systemic or Financial collapse?
But, could it be that all the financial circus that we are seeing dancing in and around Greece be just the effect of much deeper causes?
Sustainability Metrics, Growth Limits, and Philanthropy
Humanity is approaching a time when philanthropy will be more needed than ever, to address proliferating environmental and humanitarian crises. Yet our existing philanthropic model depends upon growth, via returns on financial investments.
