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Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal discutir uma nova representação econômica da natureza da escassez dos recursos representada pela passagem de um empty world para um full world no qual o capital natural é o recurso escasso e limitante do desenvolvimento econômico. Acrescenta-se, ainda, a esta análise, uma avaliação do papel do capital natural enquanto fornecedor de serviços ecossistêmicos úteis ao bem-estar humano. À luz desta nova interpretação sobre a escassez, são discutidas as implicações que este fato encerra para as ciências econômicas em termos da necessidade de em um novo modelo de desenvolvimento, aqui chamado de full world economics ou green consensus, cujo objetivo principal é a preservação e alocação eficiente do capital natural. Acredita-se que esta nova interpretação a respeito da natureza da escassez traga implicações não negligenciáveis tanto para a redefinição dos propósitos de política econômica quanto para a definição de sustentabilidade nas ciências econômicas.
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This paper is aimed at discussing a new economic representation for the nature of resources scarcity represented by the passage of an empty world to a full world where natural capital is the scarce and limiting factor of economic development. It is also considered an evaluation of the role of natural capital as a provider of useful ecosystem services to human welfare. In addition, it is pointed out the implications that this fact holds for the economic science in terms of the need for a new development model referred to as full world economics or green consensus, whose main objective would be the preservation and efficient allocation of natural capital. It is argued that this new interpretation of the nature of scarcity has relevant implications either for redefining the purposes of economic policy and for the definition of sustainability in economics.
Keywords: Scarcity; Natural capital. Empty world. Full world. Full world economics.
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