German sociologist Jens Beckert expresses a pessimistic view of "green growth" in his book How We Sold the Future: The Failed Enterprise to Combat Climate Change. In an interview with the British Financial Times, he stated, "Unless this business model is profitable." Because the motivation of businesses is profit-seeking, executives tend to overlook future climate damages, and governments rely on taxes generated from corporate profits to support their finances—which is precisely the core of how modern societies operate.
德國社會(huì)學(xué)家延斯?貝克特(Jens Beckert)在《我們?nèi)绾纬鲑u了未來：抗擊氣候變化的失敗事業(yè)》中對“綠色增長”表達(dá)了一種悲觀的論調(diào)。“除非這種商業(yè)模式有利可圖”，他在受英國《金融時(shí)報(bào)》采訪時(shí)曾如是說道。因?yàn)槠髽I(yè)的動(dòng)機(jī)是追求利潤，所以高管會(huì)忽視對未來的氣候損害，而政府也需要企業(yè)盈利帶來的稅金來支撐財(cái)政——而這恰恰是現(xiàn)代社會(huì)運(yùn)行的核心。