Economic Growth is a Path to Perdition Not Prosperity.docx

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EconomicGrowthisaPathtoPerditionNotProsperity

EconomicGrowthisaPathtoPerdition,NotProsperity

EconomicGrowthisaPathtoPerdition,NotProsperityWayneEllwood

EconomicGrowthisaPathtoPerdition,NotProsperityUnit8WarmingupBackgroundTextAnalysisReinforcement

EconomicGrowthisaPathtoPerdition,NotProsperityUnit8Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesWTBRWarmingup

WarmingupQuestions/ActivitiesHowdoyouunderstandthecartoonbelow?

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WarmingupQuestions/Activities?

Pleaseanswerthefollowingquestions1.Whatistheauthor’smainargument?

2.Ifeconomicgrowthisapathtoperdition,asclaimedbytheauthor,theninwhatway（s）?

3.Doyouagreewiththeauthor?

Whyorwhynot?

WTBR

WarmingupCheck-onPreview?

Matchthewordswiththeircorrectmeaninginthetext.1.hone2.proponent3.（tax）breaks4.foul5.way（abovetheaverage）a.reductionsorexemptionsb.pollute;makedirtyc.toagreatdistanceorextent;veryfard.toreviseandpolishuntilitisperfecte.advocate,supporter,defenderWTBR

WarmingupCheck-onPreview?

Paraphrasethefollowingsentences–we’vebeendrawingdownthebiosphere’sprincipalratherthanlivingoffitsannualinterest.–Evenonitsownterms,growthisn’tworking.Weavoidtalkingabouttheskeweddistributionoftheplanet’swealthandincome,dreaminginsteadthatwecangrowourwayoutoftheproblem.WTBR

WarmingupObjectives?

Understandtheargumentsandreasoninginthetext?

Exploreconnectionsandpossibleconflictsbetweeneconomicgrowthandenvironmentalprotection?

Exploreconnectionsandpossibleconflictsbetweeneconomicgrowthandsocialequality（well-being）W?

（ifpossible）evaluateontheargumentsTpresentedinthetextBR

EconomicGrowthisaPathtoPerdition,NotProsperityUnit8AuthorBackgroundSubjectWTBR

BackgroundAuthorWayneEllwood?

editorialandfeaturewriterforNewInternationalistmagazine?

hasbeenwritingfortheNewInternationalistsince1979?

thisarticle,firstpublishedinOct.2010,isentitledNature’sBottomLine?

hisotherarticlesinclude:

RedesigningtheGlobalEconomy,TheWorldTradingSystemisCorruptandUnjust,TheNo-nonsenseGuidetoGlobalization,LifeBeyondGrowth,etc.WTBR

BackgroundAuthor?

ThefollowingisanexcerptfromanotherarticleofWayneEllwood,LifeBeyondGrowth“Theglobaleconomyisagaingrindingtoahaltwhileordinarypeopletakethehit.TheghostoftheGreatDepressionofthe1930shoversinthewings.Sowhat’sthesolution?

Growth.Agrowingeconomyequalsmorejobs,risingincomes,peaceandprosperity.Withoutgrowththesystemwouldcollapse.GetgrowthbackontrackandeverythingwillbeOK.That’sthetheory.Butno-oneistalkingaboutthebiggestdilemmaofall:

economicgrowthmaynotbethecurebutthesourceoftheproblem.Afterallweliveonafiniteplanetwithlimitedresources.Howcanweexpecttogrowforever?

”WTBR

BackgroundSubjectHistoryofgrowthasanideaGrowthisamodernidea–aproductofthe17thand18thcenturyEuropeanEnlightenmentthatchallengedtraditionalviewsofreligionandhumankind’splaceinthecosmos.ThinkerslikeLockeinEngland,HumeinScotland,VoltaireinFranceandPaineintheUSmappedoutthisnewintellectualterrain.Thisrupturewithtraditionchangedage-oldcyclicalthinkingtosequentialthinking,unleasheddemocraticpoliticalmovementsandusheredintheruleoflaw.Theideaofprogressbecameparamount:

thenotionthathistoryhasadirection,whichisthegradualimprovementofthehumancondition.Theriseofscienceandtheempiricalmethodmergedwithimprovedtechnologies（thesteamengine,gunpowder,theprintingpress）stimulatingearlycapitalism.Economicgrowthbecamesynonymouswithsocialprogress.Europeancolonialismspreadtheideaaroundtheworld.Butsoontheconceptofimprovementwaseclipsedbyanarrowfixationonnumbers.Thegrossmeasureofeconomicoutput（GDP）becamethebenchmarkforeconomicsuccess,detachedfromWBbroadnotionsofthepublicgood.Growthwithoutconcernforitssocialorecologicalconsequencesbecametheoverarchinggoalofgovernmentpolicy.TR

EconomicGrowthisaPathtoPerdition,NotProsperityUnit8ThemeTextAnalysisStructureDetailedAnalysisWTBR

TextAnalysisTheme?

Economicgrowthv.enviromentalprotection?

Economicgrowthv.socialequalityandwellbeing?

TheGDP-driventest（GDPiseverything）inChina（news:

StopCramming:

CityCancelsGDP-drivenTest）WTBR

TextAnalysisStructure2Para.5-25Body:

economicgrowthcannotbethesolutiontoourproblems,butsourceofourproblems3Para.26-29Conclusion:

wecanchangeourideaandthefateoftheearthisdependentonitWTBR1Para.1-4Introduction:

economicgrowthisourgreatsustainingmyth

TextAnalysisStructure（PartII）2Para.12-21Economicgrowthissustainedatthepriceoftheenvironmentan