论“资源节约型”社会的经济增长之道——兼论“节约悖论”的破解

On Resource-conserving Society's Way of Economic Growth—A Solution to the "Paradox of Thrift"

"资源节约型"社会中的"资源"主要是"自然资源"。消费领域的节约,仅指对资源消耗型产品的节约,而不是少花钱。市场机制对资源型产品的消费调节作用是极其有限的。在现有文化制度和生产方式下,节约资源对经济增长虽有作用但意义有限,不能从根本上解决资源稀缺对经济增长的限制。破解这种限制的根本方法,是改变资本主义制度及其相应的生产和消费方式,建立以精神文化产品生产和消费为主导,两种消费和谐统一的新型文化制度及其生产和消费方式,由此才能实现资源节约与经济增长和谐统一的可持续发展目标,人类社会才能从现有的"必然王国"进入理想的"自由王国"。

The resources of ＂resource-conserving＂ society primarily refer to ＂natural resources＂.The conservation in consumption area only means the reduction of resource-consuming production,not the cutting of spending.The adjustment force of the market mechanism on the consumption of resource-consuming production is limited.Under the existing cultural system and production mode,the conservation of resources contributes little to economic growth,let alone removing radically the restraints of scare resources on economic growth.The fundamental approach to breaking the restriction is to change the capitalist system and its corresponding production and consumption patterns,and to establish a new cultural system and production and consumption patterns based on the production and consumption of the spiritual and cultural production and the combination of types of consumption in a harmonious way.Thus,the sustainable development goal of resource conservation and economic growth can be spontaneously achieved and human society will enter the ideal ＂realm of freedom＂ from the existing ＂realm of necessity＂.