Spring is in the air! For us Seattleites, spring is not exactly like the season seen in movies or television. Spring in Seattle is like a bipolar transition between seasons: Mother Nature changes her mind frequently and without warning until May or June when the weather finally evens out to the best-kept Seattle secret: 3 [...]
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As we continue to fuel our all-important economic growth we begin to realize more and more that it has done all the good it can for us. In fact, it has started to become uneconomic growth; a growth that actually costs us natural capital (resources) and man-made capital (products). The costs of growth now outweigh the benefits. [...]
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The Steady State Economy requires a shift in our focus as a culture, but what policies are actually developed and what are the fundamentals of this new paradigm? There are three main parts to a steady state economy: sustainable scale, fair distribution, and efficient allocation. The following are the definitions given by the Center for [...]
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