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A propĆ³sito do PIB: do crescimento para a sustentabilidade
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O produto interno bruto (PIB) foi considerado uma das grandes invenƧƵes do sĆ©culo XX. As crĆticas que entretanto suscitou jĆ” conduziram, mais do que Ć formulaĆ§Ć£o de complementaridades ou correcƧƵes, Ć proposta da sua aboliĆ§Ć£o liminar. Apesar de se manter central na anĆ”lise econĆ³mica e definiĆ§Ć£o de polĆticas, multiplicam-se as tentativas de afirmaĆ§Ć£o de uma lĆ³gica alternativa, com a sustentabilidade como motivaĆ§Ć£o e objectivo.
A contestaĆ§Ć£o da pretensa objectividade e auto-suficiĆŖncia do PIB remete, por um lado, para a relatividade dos valores, desde logo para a designada ideologia do crescimento, e, por outro, para a escala da anĆ”lise. Trata-se tanto de reconhecer a finitude dos recursos disponĆveis, que compromete a ideia do crescimento infinito ou āsustentĆ”velā, como de convocar uma lĆ³gica sistĆ©mica que situe a economia, e, por maioria de razƵes, a finanƧa, dentro da sociedade e esta dentro do ambiente
Gross domestic product (GDP) was deemed one of the great inventions of the 20th century. The criticisms the measure has since attracted have already led to the formulation of complementary or corrective versions rather than proposing its outright abolition. Despite remaining central to economic analysis and the definition of policies, attempts to affirm an alternative logic have proliferated with sustainability as their core underlying motivation and objective. The challenges to the intended objectivity and self-sufficiency of GDP on the one hand relate to the relativity of its values, from the outset the ideological dimension to growth, and, on the other hand, to the scale of analysis. This involves not only due recognition of the finitude of the resources available, and inherently compromising any idea of unending āsustainableā growth, but also evoking a systemic logic that places the economy and, for an overwhelming number of reasons, finance within the scope of society that, in turn, remains within its own environmental boundaries.
Gross domestic product (GDP) was deemed one of the great inventions of the 20th century. The criticisms the measure has since attracted have already led to the formulation of complementary or corrective versions rather than proposing its outright abolition. Despite remaining central to economic analysis and the definition of policies, attempts to affirm an alternative logic have proliferated with sustainability as their core underlying motivation and objective. The challenges to the intended objectivity and self-sufficiency of GDP on the one hand relate to the relativity of its values, from the outset the ideological dimension to growth, and, on the other hand, to the scale of analysis. This involves not only due recognition of the finitude of the resources available, and inherently compromising any idea of unending āsustainableā growth, but also evoking a systemic logic that places the economy and, for an overwhelming number of reasons, finance within the scope of society that, in turn, remains within its own environmental boundaries.
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Congresso realizado na Universidade de Ćvora, de 14-6 de abril de 2014
Keywords
PIB Crescimento Sustentabilidade Sistema Ambiente GDP Growth Sustainability System Environment
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Citation
Nunes, Rui; Caetano, Fernando J. P.; Martinho, Ana Paula - A propĆ³sito do PIB: do crescimento para a sustentabilidade. In Congresso PortuguĆŖs de Sociologia, 8, Ćvora, 2014 - "40 anos de democracia(s) [Em linha]: progressos, contradiƧƵes e prospetivas". Ćvora: Universidade de Ćvora, 2014. 13 p.