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.
德國社會學家延斯?貝克特(Jens Beckert)在《我們如何出賣了未來:抗擊氣候變化的失敗事業》中對“綠色增長”表達了一種悲觀的論調。“除非這種商業模式有利可圖”,他在受英國《金融時報》采訪時曾如是說道。因為企業的動機是追求利潤,所以高管會忽視對未來的氣候損害,而政府也需要企業盈利帶來的稅金來支撐財政——而這恰恰是現代社會運行的核心。