Daly – Public Intelligence Blog

2012/02/01

Review: Ecological Economics – Principles and Applications (Second Edition)

5 Star, Complexity & Resilience, Economics, Environment (Solutions), Nature, Diet, Memetics, Design, Science & Politics of Science, Survival & Sustainment, Technology (Bio-Mimicry, Clean), True Cost & Toxicity, Values, Ethics, Sustainable Evolution, Water, Energy, Oil, Scarcity

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Herman Daly

5.0 out of 5 stars Nobel Level Foundation for Resilience & Sustainability, February 1, 2012

Dr. Herman E. Daly may well be a future Nobel Prize winner …he is especially well-regarded in Norway and Sweden, where he has received prizes one step short of the Nobel. He is the author, co-author, or primary contributing editor of many books that fully integrate the disciplines of economics and ecology. I bought the three most recent for the purpose of selecting one to give out at my annual Global Information Forum. I ended up choosing For The Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future, in part because it is available in paperback and is not a more expensive “trade” publication; and in part because it is strong in laying out specific ecological policy areas in the context of a strong theological or ethical perspective. More on that in its own review.

Of the three books (the third one that I reviewed is Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics) this, the text-book, is assuredly the most up-to-date and the most detailed. If you are buying only one book for yourself, this is the one that I recommend, because these are important issues and a detailed understanding is required with the level of detail that this book provided. It should, ideally, be read with “Valuing the Earth” first (see my separate review of that book, from the 1970s updated with 1990s material and new contributions), then “For the Common Good”, and finally the text book as a capstone. But if you buy only one, buy this one.

Continue reading “Review: Ecological Economics – Principles and Applications (Second Edition)”

2009/11/13

Journal: Latest Greatest on Sustainable Energy

03 Environmental Degradation, Collaboration Zones, Communities of Practice, Key Players, Policies

This article by two young scholars is a very good one, very provocative and persuasive. It lacks reference to other giants that have gone before, but stands as the best effort we have seen since WIRED did its own cover story on alternative and renewable energies in 2001, coming out the very week that Dick Cheney was meeting secretly with Enron and Exxon to discuss the elective war on Iraq. Also available from the lead author:

Online interactive version (link)

More detailed analysis (pdf)

E&ES article on ranking energy solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy security (link)

Report on matching hourly and peak demand by combining different renewables (pdf)

October 30, 2009 Presentation (pdf)

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Phi Beta Iota: We are often irritated by the young who represent their triumphant ideas as if arrived at by immaculate conception. No discussion of this topic is credible without reference to, at a minimum, Buckminster Fuller, Herman Daly, and Paul Hawken, among many others. Below are just three books among the many we have received pertaining to sustainable design, zero waste, and green to gold, and the most recent book to put all of this into proper perspective.

Review: Critical Path

Review: Ecological Economics: Principles And Applications

Review: Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution

Review: The Resilient Earth–Science, Global Warming and the Future of Humanity

2009/09/092009/09/10

Event Report: 9 Sep 09 GMU N Va Economic Liberty Series

Budgets & Funding, Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Policies, Reform, True Cost Meme

Mr. Rockwell is a very gracious and well-spoken person. He delivered a prepared speech that will be posted online by the Ludwig von Mises Institute at some point. Our bottom line up front: the hard-core Libertarians are a one-trick-pony with an obsessive focus on one thing and one thing only: all against the State. Sadly, despite a great deal of hand waving about Austrian economists, there is not much in the way of economic reflection visible, and the gentlemen was specifically unable to address a question about a natural alliance between the Libertarians armed with scarcity-centered Austrian economics, and the Greens, armed with Ecological Economics, Natural Capitalism, and “true cost” accounting; nor was he able to engage with a subsequent question on a natural alliance with those interested in Evolutionary Living.

Mr. Rockwell, who served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Ron Paul and is now Chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute at a time when it is experiencing extraordinary growth and drawing a great deal of attention, sought to do several things with his planned remarks:

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2006/07/182009/09/06

Threat Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

Threats

2004	NO	Threat	Bjorgo	Root Causes of Terrorism
2004	US	Threat	Kaplan	The Saudi Connection to Terrorism
2004	US	Threat	Knapp	Al Qaeda and the Mass Media (PSYOP Briefing)
2004	US	Threat	Knapp	Al Qaeda and the Mass Media (Reference)
2004	US	Threat	Knapp	Distortion in Islam and Jihad
2004	US	Threat	Knapp	Diversity in Islam
2006	US	Threat	Daly	Al Qaeda Against Saudi Oil
2006	US	Threat	Johnson	Battle of Algiers and Its Lessons
2006	US	Threat	Seagraves	Gold Warriors: New Epilogue, Further of US Theft of WWII Gold Loot
2006	US	Threat	Seagraves	Gold Warriors New Chapter Seventeen
2006	US	Threat	Steele	Who Is to Blamce? The Vice President and Us
2006	US	Threat	Stern	Al Qaeda Approach to US Muslims
2006	UK	Threat	Story	Crunch Time for CIA, Banks, and Related Thieves of $742 Trillion
2005	US	Threat	Ellis	Scenarios for Next Generation Crises in Latin America
2005	US	Threat	GAO	GAO Report: US Not Addressing Islamic Fundamentalism
2005	US	Threat	OSS	Somalia Piracy Quick Report
2005	US	Threat	OSS	Report on Remote Detonation of Improvised Explosive Devices
2005	US	Threat	OSS	PRC Trade in Latin America
2005	US	Threat	Ray & Gross	The Perfect Storm
2005	US	Threat	Steele	Worksheet for Book Review on Crossing the Rubicon
2005	US	Threat	Steele	Mother Nature as Terrorist
2005	US	Threat	Steele	9-11: Who’s To Blame? One Man’s Opinion
2005	US	Threat	Thompson	Is the Terrorism Threat Over-Rated?
2004	US	Threat	Daly	Globalization & National Defense (Ecological Economics)
2004	US	Threat	Louisiana	Pre-Hurricane Katrina Study and Conclusions
2004	US	Threat	Palmer	The Real Axis of Evil: 44 Dictators
2004	US	Threat	Peters	Early Warning of Disease From Pattern Analysis
2004	US	Threat	Seagrave	Transcript of Video on Stolen Gold Held by US Treasury & Citi-Bank
2004	US	Threat	Vlahos	Attachment to the Muslim Renovatio Memorandum
2004	US	Threat	Vlahos	The Muslim Renovatio and U.S. Strategy
2004	US	Threat	Vlahos	The Muslims Are Coming
2004	US	Threat	Vlahos	Insurgency Within Islam
2003	US	Threat	Danzip	Countering Traumatic Attacks
2003	PRC	Threat	OSS	PRC Treaty & Trade Penetration of Latin America
2002	US	Threat	Emerson & Steele	American Jihad Map
2002	US	Threat	Steele	ACFR, 19 Cities: 9-11, U.S. Intelligence, & the Real World
2000	US	Threat	Steele	Georgetown/AWC: Non-Traditional Threats
1998	US	Threat	Steele	TAKEDOWN: Targets, Tools, & Technocracy
1994	US	Threat	Steele	6^th National Threat Symposium: New Directions in Information Sharing
2005	NGO	Threat	NGO	Changing Face of Global Violence
2005	NGO	Threat	NGO	Human Security Audit
2004	US	Threat	Pelton	Robert Young Pelton on Dangerous World
2004	US	Threat	Steele	Three Book Review Relevant to Global War on Terror (GWOT)
2003	US	Threat	Copeland	Analysis of the New Paradigm for Terrorism
2003	US	Threat	Manwaring	Street Gangs: New Urban Insurgency
2003	US	Threat	Manwaring	War & Conflict: Six Generations
2003	US	Threat	Pelton	Summary of Presentation on World’s Most Dangerous Places
2002	US	Threat	Betts	The Next Intelligence Failure: The Limits of Prevention
2002	NL	Threat	Jongman	World Conflict and Human Rights Map 2001-2002
2002	US	Threat	Wheaton	Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: A Model
2002	US	Threat	Wheaton	Virtual Afghanistan: Modeling a Transition from Authoritarian Rule
2001	US	Threat	Godson	Governments and Gangs
2001	US	Threat	Heidenrich	Early Warning & Complex Monitoring of Ethnic Genocide (Slides)
2001	US	Threat	Heidenrich	Early Warning & Complex Monitoring of Ethnic Genocide (Text)
1998	US	Threat		Transnational Enemies: Threats Without Names
1998	US	Threat	Glaebus	Metaphors & Modern Threats: Biological, Computer, Cognitive Viruses
1997	US	Threat	Fialka	War by Other Means: Economic Espionage In (Against) America
1997	US	Threat	Schwartau	Information Warfare: The Weapons of the Information Age
1997	US	Threat	Tenney	Cyber-Law and Cyber-Crime: Spamming Methods and Costs
1996	US	Threat	Keuhl	School of Information Warfare Threat and Strategy: Shifting Paradigms
1996	US	Threat	O’Malley	Countering the Business Intelligence Threat
1996	US	Threat	Strassmann	U.S. Knowledge Assets: The Choice Target for Information Crime
1996	US	Threat	Winkler	Electronic Industrial Espionage: Defining Ground Zero
1994	US	Threat	Whitney-Smith	Refugees: Weapon of the Post Cold War World–Counter Offensive: IW

2004/12/252009/07/31

2004 Daly (US) Globalization and National Defense–Implications of the Effective Erasure of National Boundaries in an Era of Ecological Economics

03 Environmental Degradation, Analysis, Commercial Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Historic Contributions

GOLDEN CANDLE AWARD: Dr. Herman E. Daly

OSS '04: To Dr. Herman E. Daly for his early role as a founder of the field of Ecological Economics, including his leadership role in the creation of the journal for this area of ethical study, and his body of work including Steady-State Economics (1977) and the most recent Ecological Economics and the Ecology of Economics (1999).

We discovered Dr. Daly's work when we made the leap from environmental scare mongering to his term, ecological economics. This great man, who spent most of his years in the University of Maryland system, has received every prize short of the Nobel Prize, and we were among those who urged the Nobel Comittee to recognize Daly and and others rather than the celeberity de jour. Below is his presentation to OSS '06. Please search for his books on this website, in the overcall scheme of strategic analytics, Herman Daly is “root.”

2004/01/012009/12/04

Review: Ecological Economics–Principles And Applications

5 Star, Best Practices in Management, Economics, Environment (Solutions)

Most up-to-date and detailed “textbook” in this area,

January 1, 2004

Herman E. Daly

Edit of 21 Dec to add links.

Dr. Herman E. Daly may well be a future Nobel Prize winner …he is especially well-regarded in Norway and Sweden, where he has received prizes one step short of the Nobel. He is the author, co-author, or primary contributing editor of many books that fully integrate the disciplines of economics and ecology. I bought the three most recent for the purpose of selecting one to give out at my annual Global Information Forum. I ended up choosing For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future, in part because it is available in paperback and is not a more expensive “trade” publication; and in part because it is strong in laying out specific ecological policy areas in the context of a strong theological or ethical perspective. More on that in its own review.

Of the three books (the third one that I reviewed is Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics) this, the text-book, is assuredly the most up-to-date and the most detailed. If you are buying only one book for yourself, this is the one that I recommend, because these are important issues and a detailed understanding is required with the level of detail that this book provided. It should, ideally, be read with “Valuing the Earth” first (see my separate review of that book, from the 1970's updated with 1990's material and new contributions), then “For the Common Good”, and finally the text book as a capstone. But if you buy only one, buy this one.

Tables of contents rarely do justice to the contents but in this case, they excel. This is one of the most intelligent, structured, useful outlines it has been my privilege to examine. Read the Table of Contents information provided by the publisher to satisfy yourself. From Part I with three chapters (An Introduction to Ecological Economics) to Part II with 4 chapters (The Containing and Sustaining Ecosystem: The Whole) to Parts III and IV (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, respectively, five and four chapters each) to Part V with four chapters (International Trade), and finally to Part VI (Policy) with chapters on General Policy Design Principles, on Sustainable Scale, on Just Distribution, and on Efficient Allocation, the content of the book is elegantly organized and accurately described.

Readings and other references make this a true textbook suitable for policy adults, graduate students, and undergraduates. It is the perfect single book in this field, not least because of its appreciation for religious vision and ethics as a foundation for making decisions that favor sustainable community over corporate greed and government fiat.

Dr. Joshua Farley as co-author appears to have brought a rich background as first an understudy and then an original contributor in his own right. God willing, America will one day have a President that uses the co-authors as primary advisors, along with E. O. Wilson, Brian Czech, and J. F. Rischard, among a handful I particularly respect. I feel a real sense of privilege in having discovered these three books and the work of Dr. Daly. At the age of 52, as I see America and the world inflamed by ideologues and crooks betraying the public trust, I cannot help but feel that those of us old enough and experienced enough to think for ourselves have a 20-year intellectual and moral battle ahead of us, one that will determine the future of the Earth. Anyone old enough to drive needs to read at least one of his books, but those of us old enough to feel fully equal to the task of confronting our sell-out Senators and sell-out Representatives need to arm ourselves with the specifics that Drs. Daly and Farley offer us, and join the battle for managing the commonwealth in favor of all of us.

2004/01/012009/12/04

Review: For the Common Good–Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future

5 Star, Best Practices in Management, Economics, Environment (Solutions)

Ethical, Humanitarian, Communitarian, Sustainable,

January 1, 2004

Herman E. Daly

Edit of 21 Dec 07 to add links

Dr. Herman E. Daly may well be a future Nobel Prize winner …he is especially well-regarded in Norway and Sweden, where he has received prizes one step short of the Nobel. He is the author, co-author, or primary contributing editor of many books that fully integrate the disciplines of economics and ecology. I bought the three most recent for the purpose of selecting one to give out at my annual Global Information Forum. I ended up choosing this book to give away to hundreds, in part because it is available in paperback and is not a more expensive “trade” publication; and in part because it is strong in laying out specific ecological policy areas in the context of a strong theological or ethical perspective.

Of the three books I reviewed, (the newest Ecological Economics: Principles And Applications, the oldest, updated, Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics) the first, the text-book, is assuredly the most up-to-date and the most detailed. If you are buying only one book for yourself, that is the one that I recommend, because these are important issues and a detailed understanding is required with the level of detail that this book provided. It should, ideally, be read with “Valuing the Earth” first (see my separate review of that book, from the 1970's updated with 1990's material and new contributions), then this book (“For the Common Good”), and finally the text book as a capstone. But if you buy only one, buy the text book.

This is a second-edition work, updated from the 1984 first edition. I like it very much in part because it comes across as less academic and more common-sense in nature. Part One does a lovely job of tearing apart the fallacy of misplaced concreteness with respect to economics, the market, measuring economic success, the reduction of the human to a “good” that can be traded without regard to humanity and ethics and community, and land. Part Two gently introduces the reader to the many distinguished thought-leaders and practitioners who have gradually matured the discipline of economics to embrace humanity, community, and sustainability as non-negotiable realities that cannot be ignored.

Part Three, a major factor in my choosing this book over the others for broad pro-bono distribution, addresses the specifics of policies one element at a time: free trade versus community; population; land use; agriculture; industry; labor; income policies and taxes; from world domination to national security as an objective. Finally, Part Four, without being corny or preachy, describes the religious or ethical vision (I still think the Golden Rule works as a one-sentence definition of common interest).

An afterword on debt in relation to money and wealth is particularly timely as the American public foolishly allows the White House carpetbaggers to run up a $7 trillion deficit that our great-grandchilden will never be able to pay off if we continue is these evil and irresponsible directions, all in sharp opposition to the sensible and ethical constructs in this book.

Of the three books, none of which really duplicate one another in any negative way, albeit with overlaps, this is the second that I recommend for purchase, after the textbook.