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Wachstumszwänge in der Geldwirtschaft. Zwischenbericht der Wissenschaftlichen Arbeitsgruppe nachhaltiges Geld

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  • Freydorf, Christoph
  • Kimmich, Christian
  • Koudela, Thomas
  • Schuster, Ludwig
  • Wenzlaff, Ferdinand

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Dieser Beitrag untersucht ökonomische Wachstumsnotwendigkeiten anhand der Funktionsweise der gegenwärtigen Geldwirtschaft im zweistufigen Bankensystem sowie anhand eines bestands- und flussgrößenkonsistenten Modells. Ergebnis des Modells ist, dass die Funktionsweise der Geldwirtschaft wirtschaftliches Wachstum bedingt. Die „Notwendigkeit von Wachstum“ ist dabei als These zu verstehen, dass mittelfristig ohne Wachstum kein sozial-ökonomisches Gleichgewicht möglich ist. Diese ökonomische Wachstumsnotwendigkeit ergibt sich dabei nicht aus der Geldwirtschaft an sich – und auch nicht alleine aus einem positiven Zinsniveau für Kredite –, sondern aus der Kombination von einkommensabhängiger Sparquote und Liquiditätspräferenz. Weil ökologische Nachhaltigkeit gesellschaftlich kaum umsetzbar sein wird, wenn durch die Beschränkung Krisen verursacht und Verteilungskonflikte verschärft werden, muss ökologisch motivierte Wachstumskritik beachten, dass ihre Forderungen nur im Rahmen sozial-ökonomischer Nachhaltigkeit sinnhaft und dauerhaft realisierbar werden. Liegt eine monetär bedingte Wachstumsnotwendigkeit zur Aufrechterhaltung sozial-ökonomischer Stabilität vor, erwächst für die Wirtschaftswissenschaft die Aufgabe, in ihren Modellen und Analysen dem besonderen Charakter der Geldwirtschaft stärker Rechnung zu tragen um erklären zu können, warum und wie genau Volkswirtschaften ohne Wachstum in die Krise geraten. Und um darauf aufbauend Wege zu einer nachhaltige Geld- und Finanzarchitektur aufzuzeigen, welche die ökologische Forderung nach weniger, Null- oder Negativ-Wachstum einzulösen erlaubt.

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  • Freydorf, Christoph & Kimmich, Christian & Koudela, Thomas & Schuster, Ludwig & Wenzlaff, Ferdinand, 2012. "Wachstumszwänge in der Geldwirtschaft. Zwischenbericht der Wissenschaftlichen Arbeitsgruppe nachhaltiges Geld," EconStor Preprints 142471, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
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    Wachstumszwang; Geldwirtschaft;

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    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • O44 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Environment and Growth
    • E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

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