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The current economic model can be characterized as the Unproductive: since 1961 globally we have tripled
five-u's model because it is economic activity and doubled the consumption of natural
Unsustainable: we live above the ecological limits of the resources, yet during the same period the levels of
planet. We have exceeded three ecological thresholds satisfaction of the population have remained stable, and the
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inequality between rich and poor has increased. Overall - the "Economics of climate change" sparking off a great debate.
Asian economies in particular - we have been very The economists of the TEEB project (The Economics of
ineffective in transforming natural resources into human Ecosystems and Biodiversity) led by Pavan Shukdev, a
well-being. former executive of Deutsche Bank, used an even lower
discount rate.
RESEARCH MATERIALS
The root of the problem lies in an economic model that does Another example is in the words of Alan Greenspan, former
not recognize the ecological limits of the planet and that head of the United States Federal Reserve, shortly after the
generates social inequality. The main objective of today's financial crisis erupted: "I have discovered a flaw in the
economy is to maximize capital. It is a model that leaves no system that I believed to be a source of wealth and
room for improving things for people or the planet - for they prosperity for society".
are merely factors of production that must be used as
efficiently as possible to generate economic growth(Pic-1). On the one hand, the crisis has provoked short-lived
reactions on the part of governments and a closing in on new
ideas, which creates an unfavorable context for making a
transition to a new economic model, but at the same time it
has also reopened the debate on the need to build a new
economy.
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Environmental protection continues to be presented as an we cannot afford when in fact the luxury is not to think about
obstacle to progress rather than a solution - or condition - it.
for it. Environmental protection is spoken of as a luxury that
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the commission on the measurement of economic
[12] Bank, W. (2006). Where is the wealth of
performance and social progress.
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TEEB (No. 333.95 E19). UNEP, Ginebra (Suiza). Marketing Technologies in the Passenger Transport
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