Re-design GDP (2) / 重寫GDP (下)

Generated by AI

In the previous article Rewriting GDP (Part 1), I proposed a different point of view from traditional economics, transforming GDP from a pure value statistic of goods/services into a value distribution of different roles, that is:
The value of a certain commodity/service = labor value + rent seeker’s expected return + the environmental recovery cost of the commodity/service

The detailed derivation process is in the previous article. This article begins by exploring the conflicts or possible development directions caused by such views.

First of all, when looking at the value distribution of roles, workers and group renters are in a competitive relationship, and the cost of environmental recovery is additional costs. This fully illustrates the phenomenon that the current free market is experiencing, leading to confrontation between groups of different statuses, and even The formation of social classes further worsens the distribution of value between each other, leading to a negative feedback.

In addition, there is a hidden role on the left side of the equation, that is, the users who use goods/services — that is, consumers. The value that users can pay is largely limited by their own economic conditions.

When we connect these characteristics, a very bad link will be formed. Workers and rent-seekers compete for value distribution. When one party wins, the other party suffers. To put it simply, when the rent-seekers obtain most of the value, the economic status of workers will deteriorate, which will affect the value that workers can pay for goods/services, further worsening this link, and ultimately can only further oppress workers or ignore environmental costs.

Of course, the above is a common story. Another possibility is that rent seekers cannot obtain value from any party, and then decide to close the supply of goods/services. Although the environment is preserved, consumers lose the opportunity to meet their needs, and labor Workers also lose their jobs, and eventually the economic status of society will deteriorate.

No matter how we look at it, our society is doomed to fall apart after competing with each other, right? In fact, this link should not be understood simply in terms of distribution or competition, but in terms of relationship.

Problems arise when characters’ relationships to each other are mis-perceived.

This explains it this way. When you go to a sports stadium to watch a sports match, you find yourself sitting in the opponent’s fan section that supports the team. At this time, you start to provoke and cause conflicts with the surrounding people, leading to vicious interactions between fans, such as: quarreling. , fight…the worst case scenario leads to the game being suspended…

Or when you discuss with people around you and express that although we support different teams, you also appreciate those players or games of the opponent’s team, and when you let the other party express similar views, you build a community that is not only The competition also looks forward to a more progressive interaction between each other’s teams. If such interaction is expanded, I believe it will make the competition more intense, but full of benignity.

Returning to the value chain, if we can create a perception among each role that competition is an effort to improve each other, the relationship will change.

For example, when rent seekers obtain greater value, they need to think about how to better restore the environment, or how to improve workers’ work skills and environment, and apply value to different roles. When economic conditions improve, the maximum value that users can pay also increases, which in turn improves the entire link again, forming a positive feedback.

So how does it actually work? The assistance of AI provides some directions. Let us have an in-depth discussion from the three roles of workers, rent-seekers and the environment:

Labor : Improve workers’ status in the economy

• Employee stock ownership plan: Through the employee stock ownership plan, workers become shareholders of the company and share the company’s profits and growth gains. This can not only increase workers’ income, but also enhance their sense of belonging and responsibility for the company.
• Establish workers’ cooperatives: Promote the development of workers’ cooperatives, allow workers to jointly own and manage the means of production, realize economic democracy, and enhance workers’ voice and economic interests.
• Empowerment and education
  Life-long learning system: Establish a life-long learning system to provide diversified learning opportunities and resources to enhance the skills and adaptability of workers so that they can cope with the challenges brought about by economic changes and technological progress.
• Social security system: Improve the social security system to provide workers with more comprehensive medical, pension, unemployment and other protections, reduce their life pressure, and enhance their economic sense of security.

Rent Seekers (Capital Owners) : Adjust Capital Gains Distribution

• Establish a fair distribution fund: Establish a national or local fair distribution fund to extract a portion of the high income from rent-seekers for public services and social welfare to improve social inequality.
• Encourage socially responsible investment: Promote socially responsible investment, encourage the flow of capital to areas that are beneficial to society and the environment, and guide the transformation of capital towards sustainable development through market mechanisms.
• Strengthen the social responsibility of capital
• Regulations and standards: Formulate mandatory regulations and standards, requiring enterprises to consider social and environmental impacts during their operations, strengthening their social responsibilities, and encouraging them to take into account social benefits and environmental protection while pursuing profits.
• Social Impact Assessment: Introduce the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) system to conduct comprehensive social impact assessments on large-scale investment projects to ensure their positive impact on society and the environment.

Environment : green economy

• Green technology innovation: Support green technology innovation, promote the research and development and application of low-carbon technology, circular economy technology, etc., and reduce the negative impact of economic activities on the environment.
• Ecosystem service payment: Establish an ecosystem service payment mechanism to allow companies and individuals that use and benefit from natural resources to pay corresponding fees for environmental protection and restoration.
• Environmental rights and legal protection
• Legalization of environmental rights: Incorporate environmental rights into the legal system, protect the environmental rights of citizens and social organizations, enable them to participate in environmental decision-making and supervision, and protect the ecosystem.
  Environmental Court: Establish a special environmental court to handle environmental disputes and cases to improve the enforcement and deterrence of environmental laws.

The above are possible solutions generated by AI. The actual possible application cases are as follows:

1.Benefit Sharing and Skill Upgrading Plan

Case: Benefit sharing in high-tech manufacturing

Background and Conflict : Workers in a high-tech manufacturing company are dissatisfied with the company’s existing profit distribution mechanism. They believe that most of the profits are obtained by rent-seekers, and the value of their labor is not properly rewarded. Rent-seekers believe that improving workers’ treatment will increase operating costs and affect the company’s competitiveness.

Changes and Benefit Points : The company decided to implement a comprehensive benefit sharing plan and skills improvement plan, with the purpose of making workers feel more value and improve their skills so that the company can remain competitive in future technological transformations.

Coordination and solutions:

• Benefit sharing : The company has established a performance dividend system to allocate part of the annual profits to workers, and determine the dividend ratio based on individual performance and team performance.
• Skills improvement : The company cooperates with local community colleges to offer free technical training courses to help workers learn new skills and adapt to the company’s technological upgrades.
• Environmental recovery : Part of the dividend is used to support the company’s environmental protection plan to ensure that the environmental impact during the production process is minimized and to actively participate in local environmental restoration projects.

Result :

• Labor: The income and skill level of workers have increased significantly, and their loyalty to the company and work enthusiasm have also increased significantly.
• Rent seekers : Through skill upgrading and environmental protection measures, companies can reduce long-term operating costs, enhance market competitiveness, and obtain more stable profits.
• Environment : Pollution during the production process is reduced, and the company’s image improves, attracting more environmentally conscious consumers.

2. Green Innovation Fund and multi-party cooperation

Case : Cooperation between community supermarkets and environmental organizations

Background and Conflict : A large supermarket chain is facing pressure from environmental groups and consumers over packaging and waste disposal issues. Consumers want supermarkets to provide more environmentally friendly choices, while environmental groups are worried that supermarkets are only superficial.

Changes and benefits : The supermarket decided to set up a green innovation fund and work with environmental organizations and communities to promote sustainable development projects.

Coordination and solutions :

• Green Innovation Fund : The supermarket uses a portion of its profits every year to establish a Green Innovation Fund to support environmental protection projects and start-ups in the community.
• Multi-party cooperation : The supermarket has established a green committee with representatives of environmental organizations and community residents to jointly determine the direction of fund use and project selection.
• Education and participation : Supermarkets and environmental organizations jointly launch environmental education activities to encourage consumers to participate in waste classification and environmental protection actions, and provide discounts on environmentally friendly products.

Result :

• Supermarkets: By supporting environmental protection projects and providing green products, they attract more consumers and enhance their brand image and market share.
• Environmental protection organizations : Having obtained a stable source of funds, they can promote more environmental protection projects and increase their social influence.
  Consumers : Enjoy more green products and services, and improve their environmental awareness while participating in environmental protection actions.
  Environment : The garbage classification and recycling rate of the community has been significantly improved, the environmental quality has been improved, and the goal of sustainable development has been achieved.

3. Diversified shareholdings and symbiotic relationships

Case : Energy companies and renewable energy investment

Background and conflict : A coal mining company faces dual pressures from environmental regulations and market demands, and needs to find new profit models and sustainable development paths. Employees fear losing their jobs during the transition, while companies worry that investments in renewable energy are too risky.

Changes and benefits : The company decided to implement a diversified shareholding plan, allowing employees to hold stocks in both coal mining companies and renewable energy companies to promote a comprehensive understanding and support for the energy industry.

Coordination and solutions :

• Diversified shareholding : The company has established an employee stock ownership fund, which includes stocks of coal mining companies and multiple renewable energy companies, allowing employees to share the growth dividends of different energy companies.
• Education and training : The company regularly holds training on renewable energy technology and market trends to allow employees to understand the future development direction of the energy industry.
• Symbiotic development: The company uses the profits from the coal mine business to gradually invest in and expand the renewable energy business to achieve business diversification and sustainable development.

Result :

• Employees : Employees’ incomes are diversified, they have a more comprehensive understanding and support for renewable energy, and their resistance to changes in the coal mining industry is reduced.
• Company: Successfully achieved business transformation and diversified development, reduced policy risks, and improved market competitiveness.
• Environment: The development of renewable energy business reduces the negative impact on the environment and promotes the green transformation of the energy structure.

By establishing symbiotic partnerships, mutual promotion between different roles is achieved. Through measures such as benefit sharing, skill improvement, multi-party cooperation and diversified shareholding, conflicts in value distribution can be effectively resolved and the coordinated development of the economy, society and environment promoted.

What about users? When the value of each role is valued and improved, the user’s economic conditions will also increase the upper limit, and the higher the value they can pay. This is not just an increase in currency, but an increase in real value. Users The contribution is real and beneficial to all roles in the value chain, just like the users of coal mines in the story. It also supports the transformation of renewable energy, and not only rent-seekers can transform, but workers in the same chain can also transform. This The loop comes back to the user again, and as the iteration proceeds, the environment is taken care of.

In Conclusion
Changing perceptions is often the first step, but this step must be solid. The subsequent road is built on this step. When we realize that all roles in the value chain are actually in a symbiotic relationship, and competition is only for improvement rather than elimination, we Only by solving social, economic and environmental problems can we find the direction. What connects us is not technology, capital, and technology, but our minds. The purpose of redesigning GDP is not to find golden formulas and shortcuts to development, but to find the mind of being human — Heart is empathy, wisdom is awareness.

在上一篇重寫GDP (上)中提出了一個不同於傳統經濟學的觀點，把GDP從單純的商品/服務的價值統計轉變成不同角色的價值分布，也就是 :

某一商品/服務的價值 = 勞動力價值 + 尋租者預期報酬 + 該商品/服務在環境回復代價

詳細的推導過程在上一篇文章中，本文開始要來探討如此觀點所形成衝突或可能的發展方向。

首先以角色的價值分配看待時，勞動者與群租者是競爭關係，而環境的回復代價則是額外成本，這完全說明了現行的自由市場正經歷的現象，導致不同身分的群體對立，甚至社會階級的形成，更進一步惡化了彼此的價值分配，導致一個負向回饋。

另外，在等式的左邊還有一個隱藏的角色，那就是使用商品/服務的用戶 — 也就是消費者，對用戶來說能夠付出的價值很大的程度會受到自身的經濟條件所限制。

當我們把這些特性連結起來，就會形成一個很糟糕的鏈結，勞動者與尋租者競爭價值分配，其中一方獲勝後，另一方就受到損害，簡單來說，當尋租者獲取大部分價值時，勞動者的經濟狀況就會惡化，從而影響勞動者對商品/服務能夠付出的價值，進而更加惡化這個鏈結，最終只能更加壓迫勞動者或是忽視環境成本。

當然上面是一個常見的故事，另一種可能是尋租者無法從任何一方獲取價值，然後決定關閉這個商品/服務的供應，雖然說環境得以保全，但消費者失去了滿足需求的機會，勞動者也失去了工作，最終社會的經濟狀態也會惡化。

如此不管怎麼看待，我們的社會注定要彼此競爭後分崩離析，是如此嗎? 實際上這個鏈結並不應該單純的從分配或是競爭去理解，而是關係。

當角色們彼此關係被錯誤認知時，問題就浮現了。

這樣解釋好了，當你到運動場觀賞一場運動比賽時，你發現自己坐在支持球隊的對手球迷區，這時你開始跟周邊挑釁並引發衝突，導致球迷間的惡性互動，如 : 吵架、打架…最壞的情況導致比賽中止…

又或是你跟周邊的人討論，表達出雖然我們支持不同球隊，但你也欣賞對手球隊的那些球員或是哪場比賽，也讓對方表達出類似的觀點時，你們建立的一個不僅競爭同時也期待彼此球隊更進步的互動關係，這樣的互動如果擴大出去，相信會讓競爭更加激烈，但充滿良性。

回到價值鏈結，如果我們能讓各個角色建立競爭是為了提升彼此而努力的認知，關係就改變了。

舉例來說，當尋租者獲取更大價值時，要去思考怎樣會更好的讓環境得到回復，或是勞動者的工作技能與環境如何提升，把價值用到不同角色上，當不同角色的經濟條件提升時，用戶所能付出的最大價值也增加了，進而再次提高整個鏈結，形成正向回饋。

那該如何實際運作呢? 透過AI的協助提供了一些方向，讓我們從勞動者、尋租者和環境這三個角色來進行深入探討：

勞動者 : 提升勞動者在經濟中的地位

• 勞動者持股計劃：通過員工持股計劃，讓勞動者成為公司的股東，分享企業的利潤和成長收益，這樣既能提高勞動者的收入，又能增強他們對企業的歸屬感和責任感。
• 建立勞動者合作社：推動勞動者合作社的發展，讓勞動者共同擁有和管理生產資料，實現經濟民主，增強勞動者的話語權和經濟利益。
  賦能與教育
• 終身學習制度：建立終身學習制度，提供多樣化的學習機會和資源，提升勞動者的技能和適應能力，使其能夠應對經濟變遷和技術進步帶來的挑戰。
• 社會保障體系：完善社會保障體系，為勞動者提供更加全面的醫療、養老、失業等保障，減輕其生活壓力，增強其經濟安全感。

尋租者（資本所有者）: 調整資本收益分配

• 設立公平分配基金：設立國家或地方公平分配基金，從尋租者的高收益中抽取一部分資金，用於公共服務和社會福利，改善社會不平等狀況。
• 鼓勵社會責任投資：推動社會責任投資，鼓勵資本流向對社會和環境有益的領域，通過市場機制引導資本向可持續發展轉變。
  強化資本的社會責任
• 法規與標準：制定強制性法規和標準，要求企業在經營過程中必須考慮社會和環境影響，強化企業的社會責任，促使其在追求利潤的同時兼顧社會效益和環境保護。
• 社會影響評估：引入社會影響評估（SIA）制度，對大型投資項目進行全面的社會影響評估，確保其對社會和環境的正面影響。

環境 :綠色經濟

• 綠色技術創新：支持綠色技術創新，推動低碳技術、循環經濟技術等的研發和應用，降低經濟活動對環境的負面影響。
• 生態系統服務支付：建立生態系統服務支付機制，讓使用和受益於自然資源的企業和個人支付相應的費用，用於環境保護和恢復。
  環境權利與法律保障
• 環境權利法制化：將環境權利納入法律體系，保障公民和社會組織的環境權利，使其能夠參與環境決策和監督，保護生態系統。
  環境法庭：設立專門的環境法庭，專門處理環境糾紛和案件，提高環境法律的執行力和威懾力。

上述是AI生成的可能解決方案，實際的可能應用案例如下 :

1. 利益分享與技能提升計劃

案例：高科技製造業中的利益分享

背景與衝突： 某高科技製造企業的工人對公司現有的利益分配機制感到不滿，認為大部分利潤都被尋租者獲取，而自己的勞動價值沒有得到應有的回報。尋租者則認為提高工人待遇會增加運營成本，影響公司的競爭力。

變革與利益點： 公司決定實行一個綜合性的利益分享計劃和技能提升計劃，目的是讓工人感受到更多的價值，並提高他們的技能，以便公司在未來的技術轉型中保持競爭力。

協調與解決方案：

利益分享：公司建立了績效分紅制度，將年度利潤的一部分分配給工人，根據個人績效和團隊績效來決定分紅比例。

技能提升：公司與地方社區學院合作，開設了免費的技術培訓課程，幫助工人學習新技能，適應公司的技術升級。

環境回復：部分分紅用於支持公司的環保計劃，確保生產過程中的環境影響降至最低，並積極參與地方環境恢復項目。

結果：

勞動者：工人的收入和技能水平顯著提高，對公司的忠誠度和工作積極性也大大增加。

尋租者：企業通過技能提升和環保措施，長期運營成本降低，市場競爭力增強，獲得更穩定的利潤。

環境：生產過程中的污染減少，公司形象改善，吸引了更多環保意識強的消費者。

2. 綠色創新基金與多方合作

案例：社區超市與環保組織的合作

背景與衝突： 一家大型連鎖超市在包裝和垃圾處理問題上面臨來自環保組織和消費者的壓力，消費者希望超市能夠提供更多環保選擇，而環保組織擔心超市只是做表面文章。

變革與利益點： 超市決定設立一個綠色創新基金，並與環保組織和社區共同合作，推動可持續發展項目。

協調與解決方案：

• 綠色創新基金：超市每年從利潤中拿出一部分資金，成立綠色創新基金，用於支持社區內的環保項目和初創企業。
• 多方合作：超市與環保組織和社區居民代表成立一個綠色委員會，共同決定基金的使用方向和項目選擇。
• 教育與參與：超市和環保組織共同發起環保教育活動，鼓勵消費者參與垃圾分類和環保行動，並提供環保產品的折扣。

結果：

• 超市：通過支持環保項目和提供綠色產品，吸引了更多消費者，提升了品牌形象和市場份額。
• 環保組織：獲得了穩定的資金來源，可以推動更多的環保項目，提升了社會影響力。
• 消費者：享受到了更多的綠色產品和服務，並在參與環保行動中提升了環保意識。
• 環境：社區的垃圾分類和回收率顯著提高，環境質量改善，達到可持續發展的目標。

3. 多元持股與共生關係

案例：能源公司與再生能源投資

背景與衝突： 一家煤礦公司面臨來自環保法規和市場需求的雙重壓力，需要尋找新的盈利模式和可持續發展的道路。員工擔心轉型過程中失去工作，而公司則擔心再生能源投資的風險過高。

變革與利益點： 公司決定實行多元持股計劃，讓員工同時持有煤礦公司和再生能源公司的股票，促進對能源行業的全面理解和支持。

協調與解決方案：

• 多元持股：公司設立員工持股基金，該基金包括煤礦公司和多家再生能源公司的股票，讓員工分享不同能源公司的成長紅利。
• 教育與培訓：公司定期舉辦再生能源技術和市場趨勢的培訓，讓員工了解能源行業的未來發展方向。
• 共生發展：公司利用煤礦業務的盈利，逐步投資和擴展再生能源業務，實現業務的多元化和可持續發展。

結果：

• 員工：員工收入多元化，對再生能源有了更全面的理解和支持，減少了對煤礦行業變革的抵觸情緒。
• 公司：成功實現業務轉型和多元化發展，減少了政策風險，提高了市場競爭力。
• 環境：再生能源業務的發展減少了對環境的負面影響，促進了能源結構的綠色轉型。

通過建立共生夥伴關係，實現不同角色之間的互相提升。通過利益分享、技能提升、多方合作和多元持股等措施，可以有效地解決價值分配的衝突，促進經濟、社會和環境的協同發展。

那用戶呢? 當每個角色的價值都被重視也得以提升，用戶的經濟條件也會提高上限，能夠付出的價值就越高，這不只是貨幣的提高，而是真實的價值提升了，用戶付出是真切且對價值鏈上所有角色有益，如同故事中使用煤礦的使用者，同時也支持了再生能源的轉型，且不僅是尋租者轉型，同一條鏈結的勞動者也能夠轉型，這個循環又再次回到用戶，當迭代進行的時，環境得到了照顧。

結論

改變認知往往是第一步，但這一步必須扎實，後面的道路建立在這個步驟之上，當認知到價值鏈上的所有角色實際是共生關係，競爭也只是為了提升而非消滅，我們的社會經濟與環境問題才得以找到方向，串聯我們的並非科技、資金、技術，而是我們的心智，重新設計GDP的目的並非找到黃金公式與發展捷徑，而是找回身而為人的心智 — 心即是共感、智即是覺察。