Brian Czech will provide an overview of steady-state economics, which
Czech calls the “macroeconomic arm of ecological economics.” However,
Czech will quickly hone in on two of the most controversial topics in
ecological economics today: the sustainability of GDP growth and the
prospects for avoiding limits to growth with technological progress.
Applying principles of ecology and national income accounting, Czech
will argue that GDP has become an outstanding indicator of one thing
above all others: namely, environmental destruction. Next, reflecting
a deep dive into the origins of technological progress, Czech will
defuse the notion that technological progress can reconcile the
conflict between economic growth and environmental protection. Czech
will conclude with policy proposals for a steady state economy and
“steady statesmanship” in international diplomacy.

Brian Czech is the Executive Director of the Center for the
Advancement of the Steady State Economy — www.steadystate.org — a
non-profit organization based in Arlington, Virginia. Czech served in
the headquarters of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1999-2017
and as a visiting professor in Virginia Tech’s National Capitol Region
during most of that period. He is the author of three books, most
recently Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the
Steady State Solution. Czech 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. Czech’s primary areas of expertise include
ecology, economics, and ecological macroeconomics.

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