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Wachstumszwänge: Ressourcenverbrauch und Akkumulation als Wettbewerbsverzerrungen

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  • Richters, Oliver
  • Siemoneit, Andreas

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Gibt es „Wachstumszwänge“? Wir definieren den Begriff relativ eng, strukturieren die diskutierten Mechanismen in sechs Gruppen und analysieren sie. Technischer Fortschritt erweist sich mit seiner Kostendynamik und „technologischer Arbeitslosigkeit“ als Hauptursache für das „grow or die“ des Kapitalismus sowie für staatliche Wachstumspolitik. „Bestehen im Wettbewerb“ bedeutet heute im Wesentlichen, teure menschliche Arbeit durch preiswerten Ressourcenverbrauch zu ersetzen. Akkumulation (Reichtum und große Unternehmen) als unwiderstehlicher Anreiz führt „fast zwangsläufig“ zu vergleichbaren gesellschaftlichen Defekten. Damit begründen wir zwei Politikmaßnahmen, nämlich die direkte gesellschaftliche Deckelung von Ressourcenverbrauch und von Vermögen. Diese Maßnahmen sind voll kompatibel mit den normativen Grundlagen und praktischen Erfordernissen von Marktwirtschaft.

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  • Richters, Oliver & Siemoneit, Andreas, 2017. "Wachstumszwänge: Ressourcenverbrauch und Akkumulation als Wettbewerbsverzerrungen," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 169-182.
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    Keywords

    Wachstumszwang; technischer Fortschritt; Wettbewerb; Nullwachstum; Postwachstumsökonomie;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • O44 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Environment and Growth
    • P10 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - General
    • P1 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies

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