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have to be changed. The reshaping of social psychology and market system in the
industrial age is a self-enforcing outcome of different market entities for common
interests. In comparison, ecological civilization is a stage when traditional industrial
mode, after over 100 years’ development, has led to environmental and social crisis,
which prompts transformation. The question isn’t whether we should move from
industrial civilization to ecological civilization, but how to do it. If China can find
the path to realize ecological civilization, that would be a significant contribution to
mankind.
References
Acemoglu, D., Aghion, P., Bursztyn, L., et al. (2012). The environment and directed technical
change. American Economic Review, 102, 131–166.
Akerlof, G., & Shiller, R. (2015). Phishing for phools: The economics of manipulation and
deception. Princeton University Press.
Atkisson, A. (2012). Life beyond growth: Alternatives and complements to GDP-measured growth
as a framing concept for social progress (2012 Annual Survey Report). Tokyo: Institute for Studies
in Happiness, Economy and Society.
Easterlin, R. A., Morgan, R., Switek, M., et al. (2012). China’s life satisfaction, 1990–2010.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 9(25),
9775–9780.
Etzioni, A. (2012). The good life: An international perspective. https://www.researchgate.net/pub
lication/256065268_The_Good_Life_An_Intemational_Perspective.
Goodwin, N., Nelson, J., Ackerman, F., et al. (2008). Consumption and the consumer society. In
M. E. Sharp (Ed.), Microeconomics in Context.
Hallegatte, S., Heal, G., Fay, M., et al. (2012). From growth to green growth: A framework (World
Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5872). Washington, DC: World Bank.
Huesemann, M. H. (2001). Can pollution problems be effectively solved by environmental science
and technology? An analysis of critical limitations. Ecological Economics, 37 (2) 2, 271–287.
Huesemann, M., & Huesemann, J. (2011). Techno-fix: Why technology won’t save us or the
environment. New Society Publishers.
Jackson, T. (2016). Prosperity without growth: Foundations for the economy of tomorrow. Taylor
& Francis.
Jevons, W. S. The coal question. 1865/1965.
Mukerji, C. S. (1984). The eighteenth century (Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 88–94). University of Pennsylvania
Press.
Ng, Y. K. (2003). From preference to happiness: Towards a more complete welfare economics.
Social Choice and Welfare, 20, 307–350.
Polimeni, J. M., Mayumi, K., Giampietro, M., et al. (2009). The myth of resource efficiency: The
Jevons Paradox.
Scitovsky, T. (1992). The joyless economy: The psychology of human satisfaction. Oxford University
Press.
Skidelsky, E., & Skidelsky, R. (2012). How much is enough? Money and the good life. Penguin UK.
Smith, A. (1759). The theory of moral sentiments. Cited in Ashraf, N., Camerer, C., & Loewenstein,
G. (2005). Adam Smith, behavioral economist. Journal of Economic Perspectives, [1981], 19 (5),
131–145.
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have to be changed. The reshaping of social psychology and market system in the
industrial age is a self-enforcing outcome of different market entities for common
interests. In comparison, ecological civilization is a stage when traditional industrial
mode, after over 100 years’ development, has led to environmental and social crisis,
which prompts transformation. The question isn’t whether we should move from
industrial civilization to ecological civilization, but how to do it. If China can find
the path to realize ecological civilization, that would be a significant contribution to
mankind.
References
Acemoglu, D., Aghion, P., Bursztyn, L., et al. (2012). The environment and directed technical
change. American Economic Review, 102, 131–166.
Akerlof, G., & Shiller, R. (2015). Phishing for phools: The economics of manipulation and
deception. Princeton University Press.
Atkisson, A. (2012). Life beyond growth: Alternatives and complements to GDP-measured growth
as a framing concept for social progress (2012 Annual Survey Report). Tokyo: Institute for Studies
in Happiness, Economy and Society.
Easterlin, R. A., Morgan, R., Switek, M., et al. (2012). China’s life satisfaction, 1990–2010.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 9(25),
9775–9780.
Etzioni, A. (2012). The good life: An international perspective. https://www.researchgate.net/pub
lication/256065268_The_Good_Life_An_Intemational_Perspective.
Goodwin, N., Nelson, J., Ackerman, F., et al. (2008). Consumption and the consumer society. In
M. E. Sharp (Ed.), Microeconomics in Context.
Hallegatte, S., Heal, G., Fay, M., et al. (2012). From growth to green growth: A framework (World
Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5872). Washington, DC: World Bank.
Huesemann, M. H. (2001). Can pollution problems be effectively solved by environmental science
and technology? An analysis of critical limitations. Ecological Economics, 37 (2) 2, 271–287.
Huesemann, M., & Huesemann, J. (2011). Techno-fix: Why technology won’t save us or the
environment. New Society Publishers.
Jackson, T. (2016). Prosperity without growth: Foundations for the economy of tomorrow. Taylor
& Francis.
Jevons, W. S. The coal question. 1865/1965.
Mukerji, C. S. (1984). The eighteenth century (Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 88–94). University of Pennsylvania
Press.
Ng, Y. K. (2003). From preference to happiness: Towards a more complete welfare economics.
Social Choice and Welfare, 20, 307–350.
Polimeni, J. M., Mayumi, K., Giampietro, M., et al. (2009). The myth of resource efficiency: The
Jevons Paradox.
Scitovsky, T. (1992). The joyless economy: The psychology of human satisfaction. Oxford University
Press.
Skidelsky, E., & Skidelsky, R. (2012). How much is enough? Money and the good life. Penguin UK.
Smith, A. (1759). The theory of moral sentiments. Cited in Ashraf, N., Camerer, C., & Loewenstein,
G. (2005). Adam Smith, behavioral economist. Journal of Economic Perspectives, [1981], 19 (5),
131–145.