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Prof Tim Jackson
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Ecological Economist and Playwright. Author of »The Care Economy« (2025), »Post Growth« (2021) and »Prosperity Without Growth« (2009/2017). Director of @cusp.ac.uk.
🌐 https://timjackson.org.uk

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · 14h
La croissance vous rend malheureux... mais comment s'en passer? | @timjackson.org.uk on Élucid.Media → www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFLO...

cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #PostCroissance #Decroissance #WellbeingEconomy #ProsperiteSansCroissance #TheCareEconomy

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Waterstones Gower Street @gowerst-books.bsky.social · 14h
Join us next month for an interesting discussion about 'The Care Economy' with @timjackson.org.uk details can be found on our events page. @cusp.ac.uk

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 15h
@timjackson.org.uk: “Economic growth has a near mythical status in the affections of economists and politicians. But wishful thinking won’t solve the climate crisis.”
Peter Victor: "The physical scale of the economy must be reduced to avoid further degradation of life-supporting planetary systems.”
Graph of CO2 emissions/Global GDP per capita Graph of living standards linked to environmental harm in various countries

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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 14d
He points to our report ‘The False Economy of Big Food’ where @timjackson.org.uk found unhealthy food costs us £268bn a year when you account for cost to the NHS, welfare support, social care, lost productivity and human cost 👉 ffcc.co.uk/publications...
The False Economy of Big Food
And the case for a new food economy
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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · 25d
📚 Latest CUSP Newsletter live now // @timjackson.org.uk reflects on nearly a decade of CUSP research and advocacy, touching on natality, growth, #degrowth, and climate denial—plus new research and activities from across the CUSP community. → share.sender.net/campaigns/dU... cc #postgrowth #beyondGDP

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Jan 9
How do we resolve the great challenges to health and wellbeing? In his Editorial, @kamranabbasi.bsky.social
welcomes the new @bmj.com special issue of resolutions, focusing this year on the climate emergency → bmj.com/content/392/...

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New Year’s resolutions for the climate emergency
How do we resolve the great challenges to health and wellbeing? Welcome to a BMJ special issue of resolutions. Our aim is to begin each year with a range of short essays on one of these great challeng...
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Prof Tim Jackson @timjackson.org.uk · Jan 8
Just re-released by Penguin Random House: my 30-part ‘environmental thriller’ Cry of the Bittern was originally broadcast as a 30 part serial on BBC Radio 4 and is now available on all major audio streaming platforms.
Happy new listening! ➡️ timjackson.org.uk/cry-of-the-b... cc #CryOfTheBittern
Cry of the Bittern | BBC radio drama series by Tim Jackson re-released as audiobook
This month sees the audiobook release of Tim Jackson’s environmental drama series Cry of the Bittern. Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the series has been re-released by Penguin and is now availab...
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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Jan 8
Climate breakdown is a profound abdication of care, argues @timjackson.org.uk in his new @bmj.com opinion piece. Addressing it takes more than tech fixes—it means reimagining the purpose of the economy.
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cc #TheCareEconomy #Postgrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy
Prosperity as health: Why we need an economy of care for a liveable future | BMJ article by Tim Jackson
Climate breakdown should be understood as a profound abdication of care, argues CUSP co-Director Tim Jackson in an opinion piece commissioned for the Britis ...
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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · Jan 6
Like many, the insidious impact of social media on how our politics means I constantly wrestle with just leaving it vs finding analysis beyond polarisation-grateful for links! @timjackson.org.uk & Laura Clark for youtu.be/rTCnOD_szRw?... & timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/the-wr... #Venezuela
Jeffrey Sachs Blasts US Power Grab Over Venezuela, Maduro Capture at Historic UN Meeting | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · Dec 19
Reflecting on Prof @timjackson.org.uk’s latest book The Care Economy, FFCC’s Dr Charlie Taverner makes the case for prioritising care in our food sector as a way of reorienting policy and practice towards the health of ourselves and the planet.

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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · Dec 19
New blog: How can farmers and food workers care?

FFCC's Dr Charlie Taverner on how food work is valued and what farmers and delivery drivers have in common with nurses and doctors.

Read it here: ffcc.co.uk/conversation...

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How can farmers and food workers care?
Dr Charlie Taverner on how food work is valued and what farmers and delivery drivers have in common with nurses and doctor.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · Dec 5
We're looking forward to making practical progress together in 2026 and beyond.

To read the report ’Net Gain or Net Drain? follow this link: ffcc.co.uk/publications...

To see Prof Tim Jackson’s foreword, click here: ffcc.co.uk/conversation...
Net Gain or Net Drain?
A citizen-inspired approach to assessing the value of the UK agri-food industry.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · Dec 5
Yesterday, FFCC brought together leaders from across food, farming and land use for a cross-sector discussion on shared priorities and practical routes to action.

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Dec 4
The high price of cheap food—who’s counting the cost of our national diet? // As the new @ffc-commission.bsky.social report launches, @timjackson.org.uk explores the hidden costs of a booming fast-food industry & what it means for our health, communities and environment. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/healt...
The high price of cheap food—who’s counting the cost of our national diet? | By Tim Jackson
To accompany the launch of the latest report by the UK’s Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, Prof Tim Jackson explores the hidden costs of our nationa ...
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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Nov 10
The Care Economy: Redefining Prosperity in a World Beyond Growth | @economicresearch.bsky.social seminar with @timjackson.org.uk | Online, 🗓️ 24 Nov, 7-8pm GMT → www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-care-e...
cc #TheCareEconomy #CareEconomy #PostGrowth #Degrowth #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #ÖkonomieDerFürsorge
The Care Economy: Redefining Prosperity in a World Beyond Growth
Join Tim Jackson to explore how care can form the foundation of a humane, sustainable economy.
www.eventbrite.co.uk

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Nov 4
Why care is the foundation of a thriving society – #Mindvalley Book Club with @timjackson.org.uk and Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
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Why care is the foundation of a thriving society | Mindvalley Book Club with Tim Jackson
Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani speaks with Tim to discuss why modern economics overlooks care work, how the pandemic exposed the real foundations of society, and wh ...
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Routledge Business, Economics & Law Editors @routledgeeditor.bsky.social · Oct 9
#RoutledgeRevisited

Prosperity Without Growth
@timjackson.org.uk

"Cuts through the intellectual clamour with clarity, courage & hope" @naomiaklein.bsky.social
"Essential reading for those refusing to succumb to a dystopic future" @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social

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Front cover of the book, "Prosperity Without Growth"

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Jan Dirkzwager @jandzw.bsky.social · Oct 9
Postgrowth-econoom Tim Jackson: ‘We hebben meer zorg nodig, niet nog meer rijkdom’
www.volkskrant.nl/economie/pos... maar hier worden geen debatten over gevierd. Zou wel zo fijn zijn.
Postgrowth-econoom Tim Jackson: ‘We hebben meer zorg nodig, niet nog meer rijkdom’
Zorg is veel belangrijker dan economische groei, stelt de Britse ecologisch econoom Tim Jackson aan de vooravond van de verkiezingen. ‘We moeten de overgang maken naar een duurzame samenleving.’
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Caring Farmers @caringfarmers.bsky.social · Oct 7
Tijd voor #CaringEconomists? @timjackson.org.uk ,welcome to the @caringmovement.bsky.social! "Als economen het over voorspoed hebben, hebben ze het vaak over wealth, materiële welvaart of rijkdom. U koppelt voorspoed aan health, gezondheid of welzijn". www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Een economie gericht op zorg in plaats van groei en individueel gewin? Het kan, zegt deze econoom
Tim Jackson | ecologisch econoom: De „hypernerveuze samenleving” met zijn burn-outs en psychische problemen eist z’n tol. Postgroeidenker Tim Jackson pleit voor een economie die draait om zorg en zorg...
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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Oct 6
Video: A World That Cares—Building an economy that values care | How the Light Gets In Festival with @timjackson.org.uk and Catherine Liu → cusp.ac.uk/themes/m/tj-... HT @iai.tv

cc #TheCareEconomy #CareEconomy #PostGrowth #BigFood #BigPharma
Video: A World That Cares | How the Light Gets In Festival with Tim Jackson and Catherine Liu
The pursuit of productivity often sidelines the essential work of care—whether for children, the sick, or the elderly. Catherine Liu, Tim Jackson, and David ...
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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Sep 17
Britain’s food is cheap, but farmers are squeezed & too many people can’t afford a healthy diet. In this @ffc-commission.bsky.social podcast by Will Evans, @timjackson.org.uk and Emily Norton discuss the true cost of cheap food + how to create a fairer, healthier system. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/food/...
We Need To Talk About... Cheap Food | Podcast with Tim Jackson and Emily Norton, hosted by Will Evans
Britain’s food is cheap, but farmers are squeezed and too many people can’t afford a healthy diet. In this podcast, Will Evans, Emily Norton and Tim Jackson ...
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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · Sep 15
We are always told to be more productive and successful. But this takes a toll on our physical and mental health. | https://bit.ly/3VfvQen

Join professor Catherine Liu, economist Tim Jackson, and journalist David Goodhart. to debate how to build hope in a world that doesn't care.

#medsky #polsky
A world that cares
We are constantly told to be more productive, more efficient and more successful. This pursuit of individual perfection, however, is taking its toll on our physical and mental well-being. And whilst w...
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · Sep 11
🔔🚨 “The call for cheap food is a weapon of a dysfunctional system.”

🎧 Hear the full conversation at 👉https://ffcc.co.uk/conversations/we-need-to-talk-about-cheap-food

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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Sep 9
📚 The latest CUSP Newsletter is out! Alongside a round-up of news from across our network, CUSP co-director @timjackson.org.uk reflects on the Centre’s 10th anniversary—and warns of a troubling shift in research funding away from #postgrowth inquiry.

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State of the Art | CUSP Newsletter, September 2025
As CUSP turns ten, Tim Jackson highlights the troubling shift in UK research funding away from post-growth inquiry. He argues that questioning growth remains vital in an era of climate crisis, inequal...
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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · Sep 8
He will talk to us about his book The Care Economy, which not only explains why wealth and GDP-growth should not be an aim of policy making, but - more positively - why health (broadly understood) and thus care, should be the central purpose.

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · Sep 8
Public professionals and academics interested in #Postgrowth and #degrowth, based in the Netherlands (or nearby):

Tuesday 23 September Tim Jackson, will visit Utrecht. We will hold an expert meeting in the morning. For more information, see visions-for-the-future.sites.uu.nl/events/tim-j...
Tim Jackson on The Care Economy – a meeting for policy advisors, professionals in the public domain, and academics
Utrecht (Universiteitsmuseum), Tuesday 23 September, 10.00-12.00 Care is the foundation of organic life. But its fate in the economy is precarious and uncertain. In our hearts it’s honoured as an irre...
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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · Sep 5
Will prosperity ever be measured in health, not wealth?—Join @timjackson.org.uk & @kateraworth.bsky.social at The Conduit to explore an economy organised around care, not growth—and why it’s urgently needed for people & the planet.
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The Care Economy: Tim Jackson in conversation with Kate Raworth
Join renowned economists Tim Jackson and Kate Raworth at The Conduit for a thought-provoking event asking: what if prosperity were measured in health, not w ...
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EconomicsInTen @economicsinten.bsky.social · Sep 2
In our podcasts we like to recommend books and here are some of our recommendations from our latest, including books by Nancy Folbre, Marilyn Waring, @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, @timjackson.org.uk & @clubofrome.org. #EconSky
Books from our Jayati Ghosh podcast.

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oekom @oekom.de · Aug 29
Wie sähe eine grundlegende Neuausrichtung unseres Wirtschaftssystems aus, die endlich Menschen und ihre Gesundheit über das Streben nach Profit stellt?

🎙Um diese Frage dreht sich der zweite Teil der Doppelfolge des oekom podcasts mit Texten von @timjackson.org.uk.

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Aug 28
ESRC ‘bar against’ degrowth research branded ‘anti-scientific’.

Research council leader signals shift against funding projects that question benefits of economic growth.

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ESRC ‘bar against’ degrowth research branded ‘anti-scientific’ - Research Professional News
Research council leader signals shift against funding projects that question benefits of economic growth
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