《经济·社会·科技——1984年世界形势评述》是世界观察研究所继《建设一个持续发展的社会》一书之后,又一部论述“持续发展社会”的著作。它向我们提供了以下信息: 世界经济仍处于严重危机之中。作者认为,这次危机与三十年代的经济危机有很大不同,其根源在于资源逐渐枯竭。世界经济年增长率已由一九五○年至一九七三年的百分之五下降到一九七九年至一九八三年的百分之一 Economic, Social, Scientific and Technological - Comment on the 1984 World Situation is another book on “Sustainable Development of Society” after Worldwatch Institute follows the book of “Building a Sustainable Society.” It provides us with the following message: The world economy is still in grave crisis. The author believes that this crisis is quite different from the economic crisis of the 1930s. Its root cause is the gradual depletion of resources. The annual growth rate of the world economy has dropped from 5% between 1950 and 1973 to 1% between 1979 and 1983