Brian Czech – Degrowth Toward a Steady-State Economy – CACOR series

Canadian Association for the Club of Rome Jan 11, 2023

Our speaker today is Dr. Brian Czech, executive director of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. From 1999-2017, he served in the headquarters of the US Fish & Wildlife Service. During most of that time (2001-2015), he was also a visiting professor at Virginia Tech. He has written three books, including Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution. He is a regular contributor at the Steady State Herald.

Today he will define & describe degrowth & the steady state economy as the sustainable solution to our overshoot of planetary limits. Some over-developed countries will need a reasonable period of degrowth toward a steady state economy.

Countries with widespread poverty should be encouraged & assisted to develop in peace & security, free of the forced debt & environmental destruction of corporate exploitation. In other words, moving away from unsustainable, destructive growth will require a tremendous level of “steady statesmanship” in international diplomacy—the greatest challenge of the 21st century.

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See related:

• Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy – CASSE
• Discover the Steady State Economy – Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy – CASSE
• Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution: Brian Czech, Herman Daly (introduction)
• Canadian Association for the Club of Rome (CACOR)

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See related:

• Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution: Brian Czech, Herman Daly (introduction)
• Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy – CASSE
• Discover the Steady State Economy – Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy – CASSE
• The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism: Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, Aaron Vansintjan
• Overcoming the Multiple Legacies of European Colonialism: Can The West Survive Its Most Cherished Historical Myths?

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