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Oneofthequestionsthatiscomingintofocusaswefacegrowingscarcityofresourcesofmanykindsintheworldishowtodividelimitedresourcesamongcountries.Intheinternationaldevelopmentcommunity,theconventionalwisdomhasbeenthatthe2billionpeoplelivinginpoorcountriescouldneverexpecttoreachthestandardoflivingthatmostofusinNorthAmericaenjoy,simplybecausetheworlddoesnotcontainenoughironore,protein,petroleum,andsoon.Atthesametime,weintheUnitedStateshavecontinuedtopursuesuperaffluence(过分富裕)asthoughtherewerenolimitsonhowmuchwecouldconsume.Wemakeup6percentoftheworld'speople;yetweconsumeone-thirdoftheworld'sresources.Aslongastheresourcesweconsumedeachyearcameprimarilyfromwithinourownboundaries,thiswaslargelyaninternalmatter.Butasourresourcescomemoreandmorefromtheoutsideworld,"outsiders"aregoingtohavesomesayovertherateatwhichandtermsunderwhichweconsume.Wewillnolongerbeabletothinkintermsof"our"resourcesand"their"resources,butonlyofcommonresources.AsAmericansconsumingsuchadisproportionateshareoftheworld'sresources,wehavetoquestionwhetherornotwecancontinueourpursuitofsuperaffluenceinaworldofscarcity.Wearenowreachingthepointwherewemustcarefullyexaminethepresumedlinkbetweenourlevelofwell-beingandthelevelofmaterialgoodsconsumed.Ifyouhaveonlyonecrustofbreadandgetanothercrustofbread,yourwell-beingisgreatlyenhanced.Butifyouhavealoafofbread,thenanadditionalcrustofbreaddoesn'tmakethatmuchdifference.Intheeyesofmostoftheworldtoday,Americanshavetheirloafofbreadandareaskingforstillmore.Peopleelsewherearebeginningtoaskwhy.Thisisthequestionwe'regoingtohavetoanswer,whetherwe'retryingtopersuadecountriestostepuptheirexportsofoiltousortryingtoconvincethemthatweoughttobepermittedtomaintainourshareoftheworldfishcatch.Theprospectofascarcityof,andcompetitionfor,theworld'sresourcesrequiredthatwereexaminethewayinwhichwerelatetotherestoftheworld.Itmeanswefindwaysofcuttingbackonresourceconsumptionthatisdependentontheresourcesandcooperationofothercountries.Wecannotexpectpeopleinthesecountriestoconcernthems