B Mode 2.0 - Save the Earth, Continue Civilization

Author: Lester R. Brown (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book is the upgraded version of the first National Library Wenjin Book Award-winning "B Mode." In this book, the author uses extensive research data and reflections on the economic development models of developed and developing countries to argue that human development must shift to the "B Mode," a sustainable development model. He points out that the "B Mode" consists of three parts: first, restructuring the global economy to make it sustainable; second, taking all measures to eliminate poverty, stabilize population, and restore hope to attract the participation of developing countries; third, restoring the various systems of nature through sequential and orderly efforts. This book is another academic popular reading by the renowned American scholar Lester Brown, following "Ecological Economics," and it continues the legacy of "Ecological Economics" by upholding the banner of "ecological economics." It provides a ruthless and objective reflection on traditional and current economic and development models, emphasizing a people-centered approach and viewing the economy as a subsystem of ecology to construct a new model of ecological economic development. The author refers to the traditional, current development model that sacrifices the environment and ecology at the expense of economic gain as the "A Mode," while calling the people-centered ecological economic development model the "B Mode." He urges the world to take immediate action, mobilizing the same level of effort as in wartime, to replace the "A Mode" with the "B Mode" and save our planet, ensuring the continuation of human civilization.