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On Natural Capital: The Value of the World Around Us

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內容簡介 「你從未聽過，但卻是我們這個時代最重要的人物」 ——《紐約時報》「帕薩．達斯古塔為我們提供了迫切所需的指引……透過結合經濟學與生態學，我們可以幫助拯救自然世界——也許就在最後關頭——而在此同時，也拯救我們自己。」 ——大衛．艾登堡「這是自亞當．斯密的《國富論》以來，最適合一般讀者閱讀的經濟學書籍。」 ——保羅．R．艾利希「想像一支足球隊，它衡量自己是否成功，只看進了幾個球，卻從不計算被對手踢進幾球。這支球隊可能一路輸到底，卻完全沒發現……」自從經濟模型出現以來，它們便一直呈現出不完整的圖像。這些模型與指標告訴我們，當經濟成長，我們的經濟就算是健康的。然而，這卻未將一項事實納入考量：我們的經濟成長是建立在一項被免費取得、被視為無限的資源之上——自然。幾個世紀以來，我們便一直將自然當作免費且取之不竭，但如今我們比以往任何時候都更清楚：人類對自然世界的需求已無法持續。只看圖像的一部分已不再足夠；我們的經濟模型是時候展現出全貌了。在《論自然資本》中，劍橋知名經濟學家帕薩．達斯古塔爵士提出一種開創性且具有里程碑意義的全新經濟學觀點。他挑戰以往所有既有觀念，並提出：如果我們像衡量其他事物一樣，為自然賦予價值會怎樣？ 《論自然資本》是一場迫切的呼籲，要求改變全球經濟的焦點與結構。本書勇敢且具突破性，確實可能改變一切。'the most important person you've never heard of' - The New York Times'Partha Dasgupta provides the compass we urgently need… by bringing economics and ecology together, we can help save the natural world at what may be the last minute – and in doing so, save ourselves.’ - David Attenborough'This is the best book in economics for a general reader since Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations.' - Paul R Ehrlich‘Imagine a football team which measures its success only on the basis of the goals it scores and doesn’t count the goals it concedes. That football team could be losing right through without recognizing it…’For as long as they have existed, our economic models have served us an incomplete picture.The models and metrics tells us that our economies are healthy because they are growing. However, this doesn't account for the fact that our growth is driven by a resource that we take for free and treat as infinite: nature. For centuries we have been using it as if it were both, but we know now, more than ever, that our demand on the natural world is unsustainable. It's no longer sufficient to only see part of the picture; it's time that our economic models show us the whole thing.In On Natural Capital, renowned Cambridge economist Sir Partha Dasgupta lays out a seminal and groundbreaking new approach to economics. Challenging everything that has come before, he asks, what if we were to put a value on nature just as we value everything else?An urgent call to transform the focus and structures of global economics, On Natural Capital is a bold and groundbreaking book that could, truly, change everything.

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各界推薦 推薦語「你從未聽過，但卻是我們這個時代最重要的人物。」——《紐約時報》「經濟學是一門決定重大抉擇的學科，因此與我們每一個人息息相關。帕薩．達斯古塔終於將生物多樣性置於核心位置，為我們指引出一條急需的方向……當經濟學與生態學結合，我們才有機會在最後關頭拯救自然世界，也拯救我們自己。」——大衛．艾登堡（David Attenborough）「這是自亞當．斯密《國富論》以來，最適合大眾閱讀的經濟學著作。」——保羅．R．艾利希（Paul R. Ehrlich）Review'the most important person you've never heard of' -- The New York Times ― The New York Times‘Economics is a discipline that shapes decisions of the utmost consequence, and so matters to us all. [Partha Dasgupta] at last puts biodiversity at its core and provides the compass we urgently need… by bringing economics and ecology together, we can help save the natural world at what may be the last minute – and in doing so, save ourselves.’ -- David AttenboroughThis is the best book in economics for a general reader since Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations. ― Paul R. Ehrlich --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

作者介紹

作者介紹 關於作者帕薩．達斯古塔（Partha Dasgupta）是劍橋大學「法蘭克．拉姆齊講座經濟學榮譽教授」，聖約翰學院院士，以及達爾文－哈米德生物多樣性與人口研究中心主任（隸屬於劍橋基督學院）。他同時是英國皇家學會院士、美國國家科學院與美國哲學學會外籍院士，並於2021年獲頒英國皇家植物園「邱國際獎章」。2022年，查爾斯三世國王授予他大英帝國爵級大十字勳章（GBE），以表彰其在經濟學與自然環境領域的卓越貢獻。About the AuthorPartha Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of St John’s College, and Director of the Darwin-Hamied Centre for Biodiversity and Demography, Christ’s College, Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society and was awarded the 2021 Kew International Medal of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. In 2022 he was made Knight Grand Cross of the British Empire by His Majesty King Charles III for ‘services to economics and the natural environment’. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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最佳賣點 : 試想一支足球隊，只計算自己進了多少球，卻從不管自己失了多少分。這樣的隊伍，也許從頭到尾都在輸，卻渾然不覺。這，正是我們當代經濟模型的荒謬之處。

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