As a mainland scholar put it: "This old Earth of ours has never yet seen rational, comprehensive economic development. Yet, in recent times, we have become infected with the growth contagion. We believe economic development is a panacea that will cure us of poverty, unemployment, debt, fiscal deficits, pollution, and social ills."
正如大陸學者指出的，「在此之前，我們在這片古老的土地上，尚未有過真正理性全面發展經濟的經驗，如今我們卻已盲目染上一種成長癖，以為經濟發展可以治療貧窮、失業、債務、赤字、污染和社會性病症，是一味萬能藥。」