An expansion of trade, with estimated benefits exceeding $100 trillion annually toward the end of the century, would do thousands of times more good than timid feel-good policies that result from fear-mongering. But that requires abandoning an anti-growth mentality and using our enormous potential to create a brighter future.
《增长的极限》发布以来的四十年历史表明，我们需要更多而不是更少的增长。贸易的扩张据估计可以在本世纪末带来每年超过100万亿美元的收益，其益处与宣扬恐惧所导致的畏首畏尾的“好受”政策相比超出不知凡几。但这要求抛弃反增长思维，用我们的无穷潜力创造更加光明的未来。