摘要
去增长是指有计划地减少能源和资源的使用量,旨在通过减少不平等现象和提高人类福祉的方式,使经济与生物世界恢复平衡.在过去几年里,虽然该理念在学术界和社会运动中引起了极大关注,但是初次接触这个理念的人还是会遇到许多问题.文章试图澄清三个具体问题:一是明确"去增长"的含义,并论证去增长框架是一种资产而非负债;二是解释去增长与经济衰退之间的根本区别;三是确认去增长主要集中于高收入国家,并探讨去增长对全球南方国家的影响.
Abstract
Degrowth is a planned reduction of energy and resource use designed to bring the economy back into balance with the living world in a way that reduces inequality and improves human well-being.Over the past few years,the idea has attracted significant attention among academics and social movements,but for people new to the idea it raises a number of questions.Here I set out to clarify three specific issues:(1)I specify what degrowth means,and argue that the framing of degrowth is an asset,not a liability;(2)I explain how degrowth differs fundamentally from a recession;and(3)I affirm that degrowth is primarily focused on high-income nations,and explore the implications of degrowth for the global South.