By Brian Czech, The Daly News
Right now, due to the bipartisan obsession with economic growth, Democrats look like losers at the GDP racetrack, racist sentiments are fair game again, and the rapacious pursuit of growth is liquidating the environment. Democrats, racial minorities, and environmentalists can pine independently, “Woe is me.”
By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Joshua Farley, Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
As our energy sources change, our economy will likely evolve and adapt—perhaps in surprising ways.
By Rob Dietz, Resilience.org
As economic growth threatens climate stability, biodiversity, planetary geochemical flows, and ecosystem health, humanity is creating a bottleneck for itself.
By Samuel Alexander, The Simplicity Collective
Our high priests now take the peculiar form of neoclassical economists, bankers, and national treasurers.
By Robert A. Herendeen, The Daly News
I envision fulfilling, challenging, joyful lives within environmental constraints, but I can’t imagine that happening without societal signals to reinforce consistent behavior.
By Herman Daly, The Daly News
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.
By Herman Daly, The Great Transition
Because of the exponential economic growth since World War II, we now live in a full world, but we still behave as if it were empty, with ample space and resources for the indefinite future.
By Eric Zencey, The Daly News
Infinite-Planet Thinking is deeply embedded in our political economy.
By James Magnus-Johnston, The Daly News
When prices are high, the debt-based Ponzi scheme functions; when prices sustain lows, the scheme unravels.
By Herman Daly, The Daly News
Is it not also time for a government commission on post-growth economics?