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turning ecological economics into policy!:

Lester Brown, the visionary behind the Worldwatch Institute, has decided to focus his energy on greening economic policy. If you have ever read anything by Brown, you know exactly what to expect -- the inimitable blend of vision, statistics, practical details and policy proposals. I find it amazing, given his topic, that there are near zero citations to even the most influential of the ecological economists (one reference each to Herman Daly and Robert Costanza). But Brown is a pragmatist, not a theorist,... more info

A convincing vision of a sustainable society:

Lester Brown, Chairman of the Worldwatch Institute, which is known for the high quality of its reports, presents his vision of an environmentally sustainable economy - an eco-economy. The purpose of his book is to show that we have no alternative to restructuring the economy if we want economic progress, to describe with some degree of confidence what the eco-economy will look like and to outline a strategy of how to get there in the time available.

After cataloguing the grim decline in the planet's... more info

Profoundly Important Book:

If money were no object, I would mail copies of Lester Brown's "Eco-Economy" and Paul Hawken's "Natural Capitalism" to every CEO, country leader, and business school dean on the planet. Eco-Economy is a well-researched, balanced, detailed portrayal of where the world is today ecologically, and where the world could be in the future, depending on the choices we make (or fail to make) when it comes to managing our fragile and taxed natural environmnent.
Brown makes his case clear: it is now time for... more info

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