He’s Told us Not to Blow it
Hopefully you’ve seen the recent movie, The Martian, a film directed by Ridley Scott and adapted from the online book by Andy Weir
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Setting Things Straight for the Steady State
Extremely dangerous political rhetoric has proliferated over the past several decades, seducing the masses onto a path that leads to the destruction of nature and civilization.
Low Oil Prices – Why Worry?
The Peak Oil story we have been told is wrong. The collapse in oil production comes from oil prices that are too low, not too high.
One and Half Cheers for Bernie: Decision 2016 and the (Deep) Sustainability Agenda
Recently a friend asked me what I thought about Bernie Sanders, especially with issues of sustainability in mind. This is my answer.
Limits to Growth: An Update
The 1972 book, Limits to Growth, is the best-selling environmental book of all time, and deservedly so.
Why Is Market Fundamentalism So Tenacious?
One of the great economists of the twentieth century had the misfortune of publishing his magnum opus, The Great Transformation, in 1944, months before the inauguration of a new era of postwar economic growth and consumer culture.
Stairway to Heaven
Technocornucopians see the world of the future as a great 3D printer with an unlimited supply reservoir.
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?