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Brian Czech | Degrowth – Toward a Steady-State Economy. | 2023-01-11 Time: 13:30 EST
January 11, 2023 @ 13:30 - 15:00 EST
Speaker: Dr. Brian Czech
Topic: Degrowth Toward a Steady-State Economy.
Time: Jan 11, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
SUMMARY:
Dr. Brian Czech will define and describe degrowth and the steady state economy as the sustainable solution to our overshoot of planetary limits. Some over-developed countries (including the USA) will need a reasonable period of degrowth toward a steady state economy. Countries with widespread poverty should be encouraged and assisted to develop in peace and security, free of the forced debt and 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. Get ready for a lively discussion!
BIO:
Brian Czech, Ph.D., is the executive director of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. From 1999-2017, Czech served in the headquarters of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. During most of that time (2001-2015), he was also a visiting professor at Virginia Tech. Czech is the author of 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.