A political economy strategy for promoting wellbeing and environmental survival
探讨如何运用政治经济学应对全球财富分配不均和气候变化问题，强调国家需在民主支持和既得利益配合下，结合伦理与效率制定解决方案。
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to consider how political economy can be applied to address the interconnected problems of the global maldistribution of wealth and of climate change at a time of weak economic growth. These problems are addressed here as moral issues for which technical solutions are inadequate. Yet a synergy between ethics and efficiency can be achieved. Given the evident inability of market forces to address social and environmental problems, the state needs to take leadership in designing and implementing solutions. This requires democratic support and, crucially given power structures, the support of vested interests. The policy stance therefore needs to appeal both to considerations of social and environmental justice and to self-interest. We pursue this line of enquiry with the aid of analyses ranging from Smith to Keynes and beyond about the nature of capitalism and of human motivation.