Episode 64: Adopting A Steady State Economy To Protect Wild Nature With Brian Czech
Summary: About Brian Czech<br> Brian Czech is the founding president of the Center For The Advancement Of The Steady State Economy (<a href="http://steadystate.org">CASSE</a>). 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.<br> He is the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brian-Czech/e/B001KHH0IM/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1">author of several books</a> including Supply Shock, Shoveling 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” <a class="mfp-iframe lightbox-added" href="http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyUKjcEp1Jc">origins of money</a>, the <a href="http://http//steadystate.org/wp-content/uploads/Czech_Technological_Progress.pdf">process of technological progress</a>, and the political “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Supply-Shock-Economic-Crossroads-Solution/dp/0865717443">steady state revolution</a>.”<br> Czech is a frequent speaker, moderator, commentator, and regular contributor to the <a href="https://steadystate.org/category/steady-state-herald/">Steady State Herald</a>. 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.<br> <br> “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 <a href="https://steadystate.org/discover/definition/">Steady State Economy Definition page</a><br> Topics<br> <br> * How can a steady state economy help restore and protect wild nature and biodiversity?<br> * How to put population and immigration into perspective in order to have a civil discussion.<br> * Steady state GDP and what that looks like.<br> * The basic truth that economic growth fundamentally conflicts with environmental protection.<br> <br> Extra Credit<br> <br> * <a href="https://steadystate.org/">Visit CASSE to learn more</a> and sign the petition of support for SSE.<br> <br> About Brian Czech<br> Brian Czech is the founding president of the Center For The Advancement Of The Steady State Economy (<a href="http://steadystate.org">CASSE</a>). 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.<br> He is the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brian-Czech/e/B001KHH0IM/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1">author of several books</a> including Supply Shock, Shoveling 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” <a class="mfp-iframe lightbox-added" href="http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyUKjcEp1Jc">origins of money</a>, the <a href="http://http//steadystate.org/wp-content/uploads/Czech_Technological_Progress.pdf">process of technological progress</a>, and the political “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Supply-Shock-Economic-Crossroads-Solution/dp/0865717443">steady state revolution</a>.”<br> Czech is a frequent speaker, moderator, commentator, and regular contributor to the <a href="https://steadystate.org/category/steady-state-herald/">Steady State Herald</a>. He has a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, an M.S. from the University of Washington,
