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Zusatztext "This book dwarfs all others I have read. It has an impressive finish: a blend of neo-Schumpeterian, neo-Gerschenkronian, and neo-Olsonian perspectives which provide a holistic and potent approach for addressing the next great transformation." Informationen zum Autor John A. Mathews is Professor of Strategic Management at Macquarie University's Graduate School of Management in Sydney. He is the author of Strategizing, Disequilibrium, and Profit , Dragon Multinational , and Tiger Technology . Klappentext John A. Mathews is Professor of Strategic Management at Macquarie University's Graduate School of Management in Sydney. He is the author of Strategizing, Disequilibrium, and Profit , Dragon Multinational , and Tiger Technology . Zusammenfassung As China! India! and other industrializing giants grow! they are confronted with an inconvenient truth: They cannot rely on the conventions of capitalism as we know them today. Western industrialism has achieved miracles! promoting unprecedented levels of prosperity and raising hundreds of millions out of poverty. Yet! if allowed to proceed unencumbered! this paradigm will do irreversible harm to the planet. By necessity! a new approach to environmentally conscious development is already emerging in the East! with China leading the way. Positioning its argument against zero-growth advocates and free-market environmentalists! Greening of Capitalism charts this transformation and sketches out a framework for more sustainable capitalism. State-mandated changes in energy use (as opposed to carbon taxes)! a circular flow of resources (as opposed to emissions standards)! and the introduction of new financial instruments that support green growth are cornerstones of China's framework. John A. Mathews argues that these tenets will be emulated around the world-first in India and Brazil. In light of this emerging shift! Mathews considers core debates over national security! international relations! and economic policy! ultimately addressing the question of whether these measures will be far-reaching or timely enough to prevent further damage. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents and Abstracts 1 Introduction chapter abstract The setting for the book – how industrial capitalism has been a boon for the world, raising productivity and incomes, but now threatening our industrial civilization with collapse. The principal challenge, it is argued, is to rethink the workings of capitalism to bring it into alignment with its ecological setting. Questions then immediately present themselves: where will the new shoots of a green economy come from? Which countries are likely to lead the transition, and why? Is it already too late for changes that will work? The chapter then summarizes the argument to be developed. 2 The First "Great Transformation" chapter abstract The second chapter opens with a discussion of the first "Great Transformation" and the process of industrialization itself, which has proven to be such a powerful transformative influence. The creation of industrial capitalism was achieved first in Britain in the 18th century, it ushered in an industrial revolution, which then spread through the West, creating wealth as it did so, and is now spreading worldwide, principally to China, India and Brazil. This Great Transformation (Polanyi 1944) was achieved through far-reaching changes to the economic availability of labor, energy, of natural materials and finance. These are the markets whose fun...
