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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Lester R. Brown is affiliated with the Worldwatch Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on economics, econometrics, and finance, with a specific emphasis on pharmaceutical economics and policy as well as the economic and financial impacts of cancer.

Their recent publications include two papers in the journal Value in Health. These are:

  • "PDB53 TRENDS IN PRICES OF INSULIN MARKETED IN THE US (1984-2020)" published in 2020
  • "PDB3 Trends in Prices of Insulin Marketed in the U.S." published in 2021

The papers contribute to understanding price trends in pharmaceutical products, particularly insulin, over extended periods.

Lester R. Brown collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • H. Althobaiti
  • Rosa Rodríguez-Monguió
  • Mohammed Ziad Jamjoom
  • J J Lewis
  • E. Seoane-Vazquez

Their publications have appeared primarily in the journal Value in Health, reflecting focused contributions to health economics literature.

The main research topics covered in their work are:

  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer

In recognition of their professional contributions, Lester R. Brown has been awarded the title of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017 and was named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1986.

Best Publications

  • State of the World 2001: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society

    L. R. Brown;C. Flavin;H. French;J. N. Abramovitz

  • State of the World

    Lester R. Brown;Edward C. Wolf;Robin Bell

  • Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth

    Lester R. Brown

  • World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse

    Lester Russell Brown

  • Who Will Feed China?: Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet

    Lester Russell Brown

  • Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble

    Lester Russell Brown

  • State of the world 1999. A Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society.

    Brown Lr;Flavin C;French Hf;Starke L

  • Building a Sustainable Society

    Lester R. Brown

  • State of the World: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society

    Lester Russell Brown;Linda Starke;Christopher Flavin;Sandra Postel

  • Vital signs 1998 : the environmental trends that are shaping our future

    Brown Lr;Renner M;Flavin C;Starke L

  • Who will feed China

    Lester Russell Brown

  • Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

    Lester Russell Brown

  • Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

    Lester Russell Brown

  • Outgrowing the earth : the food security challenge in an age of falling water tables and rising temperatures

    Lester Russell Brown

  • Full House: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity

    Lester Russell Brown;Hal Kane

  • Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity

    Lester Russell Brown

  • World population growth, soil erosion, and food security

    Lester R. Brown

  • Soil Erosion: Quiet Crisis in the World Economy

    Lester Russell Brown;Edward C. Wolf

  • Vital signs: The trends that are shaping our future

    Lester Russell Brown;Christopher Flavin;Hal Kane;Nicholas K. Lenssen

  • Could food shortages bring down civilization

    Lester R. Brown

  • Soil Erosion: Quiet Crisis in the World Economy. Worldwatch Paper 60.

    Lester R. Brown;Edward C. Wolf

Frequent Co-Authors

John Bongaarts
John Bongaarts Population Council
Ahmed H. Zewail
Ahmed H. Zewail California Institute of Technology
Paul J. Crutzen
Paul J. Crutzen Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Jared M. Diamond
Jared M. Diamond University of California, Los Angeles
Anthony Giddens
Anthony Giddens London School of Economics and Political Science

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