Brown's Plan B

A conversation with Lester Brown

Lester Brown interviewed on YouTube.

Is Plan A self-defeating

Plan A, put simply, can't be sustained.

Plan B pivots with USA

Brown wants Plan B --- a different Economic Operating System. US citizens comprise the target audience for Plan B. The USA is the pivot for

Plan B implies that physical economic growth must be replaced by qualitative development

Montague takes this on when he synthesizes ecological economics. While matter and energy limit physical growth, ethics and cultural development provide unbounded potential. This consideration transcends the boundaries of economics.

Plan B is incompatible with economic globalization and its doctrine, Neo-liberalism

Brown ducks the overriding premise: Neo-liberalism cannot be reconciled with sustainability; there exists no middle ground. The principles underlying each and the dynamics they drive are thoroughly incompatible. If neo-liberalism triumphs, sustainability cannot be achieved, with drastic implications for future generations of humans and for the hospitality of the Earth for life. The stakes are high and the prospects grim.