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Dr. Daniel Wortel-London | Legislation for a Steady State Economy: Opportunities, Challenges, Questions | Nov 29, 2023 | CACOR Zoom
November 29, 2023 @ 13:30 - 16:00 EST
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Wortel-London
Topic: Legislation for a Steady State Economy: Opportunities, Challenges, Questions
Summary:
How can we reduce humanity’s economic footprint to within our planet’s carrying capacity? This is the defining question of our era, and one that is being taken up by a growing number of activists, thought-leaders, and policy-makers. In this talk, Daniel Wortel-London – policy specialist at the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy – will discuss strategies for translating ecological principles into legislation. He will also discuss challenges and questions that will need to be resolved if we are to build a truly just and sustainable economy.
Biography:
Daniel Wortel-London is CASSE’s new Policy Specialist. He has served as Knowledge Co-Lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and Research Coordinator for the CivWorld project at Demos. He earned his Ph.D. in History from New York University, where he wrote numerous articles along with his dissertation, retitled “The Menace of Prosperity” for publication by the University of Chicago Press. A native of Hoboken, New Jersey, Dan works out of West Orange, NJ, with periodic policy work in Washington, DC.