什么是可持续经济学

What is Sustainable Economics

尽管经济学家们致力于探讨可持续发展的各方面已经好几个世纪,直到最近"可持续经济学"这一术语才被明确地使用在生态、环境和资源经济学领域。但是,目前对"可持续经济学"这一术语的研究并没能给出这一术语明确具体的定义,也没能明确地给出它普遍、统一的特征,如研究主题、方法论或制度背景。因而便产生了以下问题:什么是"可持续经济学"?文章根据"可持续经济学"的规范基础、目标、研究主题、本体论和真正研究议题进行系统的定义和界定。

While economists have been contributing to the discussion of various aspects of sustainability for decades,it is just recently that the term ＂sustainability economics＂ was used explicitly in the ecological,environmental,and resource economics community.Yet,the contributions that use the term ＂sustainability economics＂ do not refer to any explicit definition of the term,and are not obviously joined by common or unifying characteristics,such as subject focus,methodology,or institutional background.The question thus arises： what is ＂sustainability economics＂？ In this essay,we systematically define and delineate ＂sustainability economics＂ in terms of its normative foundation,aims,subject matter,ontology,and genuine research agenda.