This short essay by Herman Daly describes the political ramifications of
approaching the ecological limits to economic growth:
http://steadystate.org/growth-and-laissez-faire/
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Rob
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Robert Dietz
Author, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - http://steadystate.org/enough-is-enough/
Editor, DALY NEWS - http:
I have posted an excerpt from Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable
Economy in a World of Finite Resources. Readers seem to be enjoying the
book -- 31 out of 35 reviewers on Amazon.com have given it a 5-star rating.
Please take a look at the excerpt here:
http://steadystate.org/enough-is-enoug
I'm hoping the book I've written with Dan O'Neill will help start a
much-needed conversation about the limits to growth and economic
alternatives, so please excuse the self-promotion...
Noam Chomsky and a group of prominent environmental scientists, ecologists,
economists, and writers all agree (a
Herman Daly offers an original take on the tired debate of "too many people
vs. too much consumption" -- a spot-on reframing of a critical issue:
http://steadystate.org/populations-problem/
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Rob Dietz
Editor, the Daly News
Author of the forthcoming book, Enough Is Enough
How about the 800-pound gorilla?
http://steadystate.org/surrogate-species/
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Rob
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Herman Daly has a knack for debunking deeply held beliefs about the economy,
humanity's use of natural resources, and the path to a better society. In
this week's Daly News, while dismantling three common arguments used to
justify the pursuit of infinite growth, he reaches a hopeful and
thought-pro
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Rob Dietz
Editor, Daly News
I have posted part one of a two-part essay on why neoclassical economics
continues to dominate ecological economics on campus, in the boardroom, and
in the halls of government (despite the fact that ecological economics has a
much stronger foundation of logic and scientific rigor). In part one, I
tical part of what universities offer.
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Rob Dietz
Editor, Daly News
hanks,
Rob Dietz
Editor, The Daly News
See this week's Daly News feature, "Technological Progress for Dummies, Part
II." In this column, also called "More than One Kind of Nut," Brian Czech
explains in plain language why the conflict between economic growth and
environmental protection cannot be reconciled by technological progress.
Hol
The Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) announces
an opening for Executive Director. The mission of CASSE is to advance the
steady state economy, with stabilized population and consumption, as a
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distinguished scientists, and the thousands of other CASSE signatories in
advancing the steady state economy as sound policy for the 21st century:
http://steadystate.org/sign-the-position/
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Rob Dietz
Executive Director
steadystate.org
Tim Murray has written an essay that questions the tactics of
environmentalists for achieving long-term conservation. You can find it here:
http://steadystate.org/what-if-we-stopped-fighting-for-preservation-and-fought-economic-growth-instead/
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Rob Dietz
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s.org/bioscience-press-releases/resources/Davidson.pdf
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Rob Dietz
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ically.
** With apologies for cross-postings **
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Rob Dietz
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Please take a look at Brent Blackwelder's essay in The Daly News -- it's
about how today's farming practices would be different in a steady state
economy. You can find the essay here:
http://steadystate.org/food-and-agriculture-in-a-steady-state-economy/
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Rob
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Robert Dietz
Executive Di
Please read the latest post on The Daly News. It makes an interesting link
between the work of behavioral economists and that of ecological economists.
You can find it here:
http://steadystate.org/behavioral_economics_breath_fresh_air/
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Rob
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Center for
You might enjoy Brian Czech's essay in The Daly News about protecting polar
regions (I know I did):
http://steadystate.org/epitaph-for-the-poles/
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Rob Dietz
Executive Director
CASSE
steadystate.org
between economic growth and
environmental protection.
Thanks,
Rob Dietz
Executive Director
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
www.steadystate.org
state economy),
and that poorer nations follow a short-term policy of growth before
stabilizing economic conditions.
This line of thinking is right in step with the position on economic
growth being proposed in ESA. We wont see much action on abating climate
change if we dont address econom
Thanks I look forward to more discussions on this critical issue,
Rob Dietz, Executive Director
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
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