Keynesyen İktisatın Geri Dönüşü ya da Kapitalizmi Yeşile Boyamak: “Yeşil Keynesyenizm”

Year 2019, Volume: 27 Issue: 42, 129 - 144, 31.10.2019

Metehan Cömert

https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2019.04.07

Cited By: 4

Abstract

Ekonomik krizler ve çevresel tahribat, neoklasik iktisat teorisi temelinde şekillenen anaakım vizyonun sunduğu argümanların eleştirel bir bağlamda sorgulanmasına yol açmıştır. Eleştirel iddianın temel savı, yirmi birinci yüzyıl kapitalizmi için ekolojik sürdürülebilirliği dışlamayan ekonomik olarak uygulanabilir bir vizyonun başat bir gereklilik olduğu üzerinedir. Bu çalışma, anaakım iktisat yaklaşımını eleştirel bir düzlemde ele alarak Keynesyen teorinin yeniden yorumlanmasına olanak tanımakta ve “yeşil Keynesyenizm” kavramsallaştırmasını teorik bir düzlemde irdelemektedir. Bu doğrultuda çalışma, teorinin ötesine geçerek “yeşil Keynesyenizm” yaklaşımını pratik bir bağlamda kavramsallaştırmayı hedeflemektedir. Çalışma, teoriye yöneltilen eleştirilere yer vermekte ve alternatif gelecek vizyonlarını imleyerek sonlanmaktadır.

Keywords

Yeşil Keynesyenizm, Yeşil Yeni Düzen, Keynesyen İktisat, Sürdürülebilirlik, Yeni Düzen, Çevre

Revival of Keynesian Economics or Greening Capitalism: “Green Keynesianism”

Abstract

Severity of economic crises and environmental collapses have sparked off a renewed interest in revisiting mainstream arguments dominated by neoclassical economic models in a critical way. The idea behind these critisisms is that there is an essential need to develop a new approach that embraces the elements of ecologically sustainable and economically viable solutions for the globalized capitalism of the twenty-first century. After giving a brief overview of debates related to the criticism of mainstream arguments and revival of the Keynesian idea with a new interpretation, this paper explores basic characteristics of “green Keynesianism” and discusses theoretical arguments related to this concept. Also, “green new deal” and its varieties, which might be seen as an extension of the theoretical context of green Keynesianism are examined in a practical manner. Furthermore, the paper deals with the criticisms of various aspects of this new theory.

Keywords

Green Keynesianism, Green New Deal, Keynesian Economics, Sustainability, New Deal, Environment

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