"Finally: Growth the title of my SoWi Quarterly work. (As is an abbreviation for my forced only in stage 13 demonstrated additional course in social sciences I should have liked this chosen as a performance rate, which at my school but has not been possible..) I hereby publish this: It's [about principles 1]. Must be economic growth in order to secure the welfare state, reduce unemployment and to reduce debt? Or does growth consideration to sustainability and efficiency? Opinions are split might not be.
If the philosopher and bestselling author Richard David Precht in a Essay [2] notes that "would be to develop an idea of \u200b\u200bgrowth, the most important task of our economic policy," he is pointing in the right direction - a time of increasing "growth skepticism" and when such fears about the future of the population as based on recent surveys [3]. The claim that such a new economic policy "is not discussed, although evidence of a restricted view.
namely Tim Jackson, who led the government under Gordon Brown (British prime minister until May of this year), the leading economic group of the Commission on Sustainable Development and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey [4], presented on the world climate summit in Copenhagen in December 2009 the report "Prosperity without Growth" (Eng.: "Prosperity without growth"), which attracted up to the European Commission's full attention.
In an interview [5] Jackson of "a great challenge, a vision" when it comes to the question of a new sustainable economic model and a redefinition of wealth concept.
First Jackson makes it clear that the protection against a collapse of the economy as an urgent priority. "Growth" is now sometimes the best defense in the past against any threat of destabilization was the economic system and have become so successful that in times of still not fully coped with global economic and financial crisis not only would serve as a mantra, but rightly the cornerstone today's economy has grown each.
Jackson's suggestions are admittedly "not revolutionary, but radical in approach, it is itself hard for him that it must always be a balance of growth and employment. This is the meaning of economy.
He sees two ways to solve the current economic problems: Either the little available work more evenly distributed, leading to a better quality of life, or is the forced retention of jobs less of an labor productivity for the victims, making technological progress lose its importance because it is always a promotion of labor productivity has contributed.
is crucial to the English economist for a redefinition of wealth concept. This set is just composed not only of financial well-being but also from the satisfaction of human desires and needs. This idea is not necessarily new, but already distinguished Karl Marx needs between necessary and luxury goods.
The philosopher Precht refers to a decreasing happiness despite economic growth in many segments of society. This is supported by recent polls that show that the skepticism about the economy and capitalism increases.
According to Jackson as would create a "new, highly sophisticated accounting system." The fact that this is a system of universal interdependence is - as with any other economic model, too - is, of course.
Ultimately, it is but for governments (that of the state, not the individuals) to find a reasonable solution to the current economic problems. The requirement Jackson for "intellectual space" for policy makers and expert bodies in times of increasing globalization, increasing influence of the Internet, ever-increasing fast pace of society, speculation on the stock market and the sale of morality (such as denouncing Precht them all [2]) by no means absurd.
Whether Jackson's claims are put into practice, however, lies in the political balance of power. He deplores the serious discussions with governments as they were in turn driven by a "growth fetish". A revival of the idea of long-term Investitionen sei von Nöten. Jackson fordert nämlich ein ökologisch bilanziertes Wirtschaftsmodell mit Blick auf die Zukunft. Dies dürfte auch in Prechts Sinne sein, da er (und natürlich eine Vielzahl weiterer Einzelpersonen und Organisationen) eine zukunftslose Ausbeutung der Umwelt beklagt.
Das Zauberwort allerdings lautet: Investitionen. Jackson definiert sie als Förderung der wirtschaftlichen Leistung auf der einen und Verbindung von Gegenwart und Zukunft auf der anderen Seite.
Dass Tim Jacksons (und andere wachstumskritische) Worte Gehör finden, steht außer Frage. In Deutschland wird quer durch die Parteienlandschaft lebhaft diskutiert, der vergangene SPD-Parteitag was even the theme of a "new" growth [6]. Thus there are in France, "the movement decroissance, the growth refusal" [1]. And even in our own country is the prophet, David Cameron, the current British Prime Minister, is committed to the introduction of a happiness index one, which is located at prosperity and happiness of the people - oriented - and not only on growth figures.
One thing is certain: capitalism is in crisis. A "business as usual" can not and should not be. We can not "continue to unthinkingly make the same crap as before" [3].
The idea of an infinite economic growth is being old. Discussions on a new economic model, possibly even a new economic system are long overdue in any case, a redefinition of the concept of wealth and need of politically mature citizens - in particular by groups of experts - are out. This paper will make a contribution to discussion.
sources and references:
By Petra Pinzler and Fritz Vorholz (from THE TIME 39 / 2010, 23.09.2010)
"Social War" by Richard David Precht (from Der Spiegel 39/2010, 09/27/2010)
"growing skepticism" Survey of Petra Pinzler (from THE TIME 34 / 2010, 19/08/2010)
person of the month 01/10: Tim Jackson (of nachhaltigkeit.at)
Interview with Tim Jackson (from ARD : Monitor on 07/01/2010)
summary of the SPD Party Congress, September 2010 (from the party's own website)
Photo: Magdalena
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