To call for economic growth while demanding the death of deficit spending is like calling for a higher speed limit while demanding better gas mileage. The two goals don't jibe.

Fellow Americans, this evening I have a special message for you. It's an unprecedented and surprising message, but ultimately it will resonate with yo...

We need a steady state revolution to move from the old, unsustainable goal of economic growth to the new, sustainable goal of a steady state economy.

The trade-off between economic growth and environmental protection is the most inconvenient of all truths to acknowledge, but it's better than a slide down the slippery slope of green-growth rhetoric. That could be a legacy breaker.