November 23, 2020 | By:

Episode 64: Adopting A Steady State Economy To Protect Wild Nature With Brian Czech

steady state economy with brian czech

Brian Czech, Executive Director, CASSE

About Brian Czech

Brian Czech is the founding president of the Center For The Advancement Of The Steady State Economy (CASSE). Czech served as the first conservation biologist in the history of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1999-2017, and concurrently as a visiting professor of natural resource economics in Virginia Tech’s National Capitol Region.

He is the author of several books including Supply ShockShoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train, and The Endangered Species Act: History, Conservation Biology, and Public Policy, as well as over 50 academic journal articles. His primary contributions to ecological economics pertain to the “trophic” origins of money, the process of technological progress, and the political “steady state revolution.”

Czech is a frequent speaker, moderator, commentator, and regular contributor to the Steady State Herald. He has a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, an M.S. from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona.

what is a steady state economy

A steady state economy is an economy of stable or mildly fluctuating size. The term typically refers to a national economy, but it can also be applied to a local, regional, or global economy. An economy can reach a steady state after a period of growth or after a period of downsizing or degrowth. To be sustainable, a steady state economy may not exceed ecological limits.” -From CASSE’s Steady State Economy Definition page

Topics
  • How can a steady state economy help restore and protect wild nature and biodiversity?
  • How to put population and immigration into perspective in order to have a civil discussion.
  • Steady state GDP and what that looks like.
  • The basic truth that economic growth fundamentally conflicts with environmental protection.
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