JEAN MARCEL TIROLE, Peraih NOBEL Ekonomi 2014 Menarik bagi saya mendalami 3 (tiga) buku, Jean Marcel Tirole, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 2014, yakni: (1) The Theory of Industrial Organization, MIT Press. (1988); (2) A Theory of Incentives in Regulation and Procurement (with J.-J. Laffont), MIT Press,1993; (3) Game Theory (with D. Fudenberg), MIT Press, 1991… yang bagi sy terkesan jadi semacam “imperative teknokratis” shg membuat proses teknokrasi ekonomi dan finansial menjadi “diktator terhadap kemanusian yg multi-dimensi… Lalu tiga buku itu sy sandingkan dengan 3 (tiga) Ensiklik yang relevan, yakni: (1) Caritas in Veritate (Ben.XVI, June 2009); (2) Lumen Fidei (Francis, June 2013); (3) Evangelii Gaudium (Francis, Nov 2013). Saya kutip intinya berikut ini: “... Economic activity cannot solve all social problems through the simple application of commercial logic.... I encourage financial experts and political leaders to ponder the words of one of the sages of antiquity: “Not to share one’s wealth with the poor is to steal from them and to take away their livelihood…. “ Selanjutnya, yakni: [...] we must make it clear, on the one hand, that the logic of gift does not exclude justice, nor does it merely sit alongside it as a second element added from without; on the other hand, economic, social and political development, if it is to be authentically human, needs to make room for the principle of gratuitousness as an expression of fraternity... Economic activity cannot solve all social problems through the simple application of commercial logic. This needs to be directed towards the pursuit of the common good, for which the political community in particular must also take responsibility. Therefore, it must be borne in mind that grave imbalances are produced when economic action, conceived merely as an engine for wealth creation, is detached from political action, conceived as a means for pursuing justice through redistribution... (CARITAS IN VERITATE, Pope Benedict XVI, June 29, 2009) Faith also helps us to devise models of development which are based not simply on utility and profit, but consider creation as a gift for which we are all indebted; it teaches us to create just forms of government, in the realization that authority comes from God and is meant for the service of the common good… (LUMEN FIDEI, Pope Francis, June 29, 2013) …. […] With this in mind, I encourage financial experts and political leaders to ponder the words of one of the sages of antiquity: “Not to share one’s wealth with the poor is to steal from them and to take away their livelihood. It is not our own goods which we hold, but theirs”... The great danger in today’s world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience. Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor. God’s voice is no longer heard, the quiet joy of his love is no longer felt, and the desire to do good fades. This is a very real danger for believers too. Many fall prey to it, and end up resentful, angry and listless. That is no way to live a dignified and fulfilled life; it is not God’s will for us, nor is it the life in the Spirit which has its source in the heart of the risen Christ… If something should rightly disturb us and trouble our consciences, it is the fact that so many of our brothers and sisters are living without the strength, light and consolation born of friendship with Jesus Christ, without a community of faith to support them, without meaning and a goal in life. More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving… today we also have to say “thou shalt not” to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills. How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly home¬less person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points? This is a case of exclusion… some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system. Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting… (EVANGELII GAUDIUM, Pope Francis, Nov, 24, 2013)…
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