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Ekonomia i Środowisko • 1 (52) • 2015

Mestwin Stanisław Kostka

PIERWOTNE ZADANIE EKONOMII: ROZUMIEĆ CZŁOWIEKA

Mestwin Stanisław Kostka, dr hab. inż. - prof. Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Zarządzania w Białymstoku

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THE PRIMARYTASK OF ECONOMICS: TO UNDERSTAND MANKIND

SUMMARY: The aim of this paper is to justify the argument that Mankind should not stay out of the scope of economics. This artide is a presentation of selected findings and condusions of long term research conducted by theauthor„Economicsfor Sustainable Development" finished in 2013.

Mankind today stands on the deadly turn on its way towards the futurę - facing the crisis of Gordian's knot. The key remedy may be a global campaigns for sustainable development, where man and humanity are at the essence. In the vanguard of this campaign should be economics and the economy. Unfortunately, mainstream economics is indeed against sustainable development. It is most of all focused on economic growth and increasing production. Today, economics is mostly oriented on satisfying greed at the expense of satisfying basie needs ad hoc. Moreover, the current economy multiplies the resources which puts human well being and the environment in danger (e.g. toxic waste and weapons of mass destruction). The main reason for this situation is keeping mankind out of the scope of economy and economics. Man's needs are the very cause and the key goal of the economy and economics itself. The elemental categories, rules, diagnosis, prognosis, assessments of economic reality, the solutionsfor changing this reality, almost all totally ignore the determinants and condusions of findings about mankind. There is a need for serious research to be conduded in order to understand the role of man and his place in the economy and in economics. Current economic theory almost fully omits the relevance of primal instincts and subconscious actions of man in economic reality. Also important is the lack of systemie treatment of society and its broadly defined natural and cultural environment based on the generał theory of systems and fundamental condusions of ecology. Better understanding of human ecology and its connections to economics will lead to a better State of existence and development of mankind. Economics must take into account new research and original input concerning man and his place and role in his natural and social environment.

KEYWORDS: economics, economy, the role of mankind in the economy, economics for sustainable development