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Tim Jackson @ProfTimJackson

Author of »The Care Economy« (2025), »Post Growth« (2021) and »Prosperity Without Growth« (2009/2017). Director of @CUSP_uk.

Joined July 2010
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Apr 9
"'Growth, growth, growth' is the most persistent political mantra of the post-war era," writes Ecological economist Tim Jackson. | iai.tv/articles/our-economic… Tap the link to read more about why growth-at-all-costs capitalism really runs on disappointment.
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RT @CUSP_uk: Growth at all costs has a body count. The mantra of growth is failing us—not for lack of trying, but because it's built on b…

Our economic system is designed to make us unhappy

For decades, we have conflated national success with wealth, using GDP as the ultimate benchmark. But as geopolitical crises mount—from US interventions over oil to intensifying global competition...

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RT @CUSP_uk: Health systems aren't failing. They're being asked to do the impossible. We built an economy for wealth, then asked healthcare…
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Enlighten@enlighten_scot
Mar 31
"Despite decades of stated commitment to prevention, early intervention & person-centred care, outcomes have not kept pace with ambition" @ProfTimJackson @CUSP_uk for #NHS2048. Read the policy summary: enlighten.scot/nhs2048/prosp… And the full working paper: cusp.ac.uk/themes/health/wp4…
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RT @CUSP_uk: From Growth to Care // @ProfTimJackson and Jen Morgan in conversation at @gowerst_books—asking what prosperity really means wh…

From Growth to Care—Tim Jackson in conversation with Jen Morgan | London 18 Mar 2026

Jen Morgan from the NHS Confederation's Q Community talks with Prof Tim Jackson about his book The Care Economy. They explore what prosperity really me ...

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RT @CUSP_uk: Does economic growth harm the planet? | BBC Sunday Morning Live debate with @ProfTimJackson, Daze Aghaji and Andy Mayer → http…

Does economic growth harm the planet? | BBC Sunday Morning Live debate with Tim Jackson, Daze...

CUSP Director Tim Jackson joined BBC One’s Sunday Morning Live for a live debate on whether economic growth harms the planet, following renewed internationa ...

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RT @CUSP_uk: If we wouldn’t measure our health using just one indicator, why do we measure economic success that way?—@ProfTimJackson on @b…
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Waterstones Gower Street@gowerst_books
Feb 9
Join us next month for an interesting discussion about 'The Care Economy' with @ProfTimJackson find details on our events page waterstones.com/events/searc… @CUSP_uk @Wiley_VCH
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Nancy Folbre@NFolbre
30 May 2025
"Our job is to reconceive economy as care. Our job is nothing less than to unravel the systematic distortions of value that lie at the core of a broken capitalism." timjackson.org.uk/invisible-… reposting from @piiav.bsky.social Find me on BlueSky: @nancyfolbre.bsky.social
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RT @CUSP_uk: 📚 Latest CUSP Newsletter live now // @ProfTimJackson reflects on nearly a decade of CUSP research and advocacy, touching on na…
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Tim Jackson retweeted
The BMJ
@bmj_latest
Jan 10
"Reframing prosperity as health allows us to redress the balance." We need an economy of care for a liveable future, @ProfTimJackson bmj.com/content/392/bmj.r257…
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Tim Jackson retweeted
The BMJ
@bmj_latest
Jan 8
How do we resolve the great challenges to health and wellbeing? In this Editor's Choice @KamranAbbasi welcomes our new BMJ special issue of resolutions, focusing this year on the climate emergency bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s25
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RT @CUSP_uk: Climate breakdown is a profound abdication of care, argues @ProfTimJackson in his new @BMJ_latest opinion piece. Addressing it…
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The BMJ
@bmj_latest
Jan 7
"The myth of growth turns out to be at best just half a model—a dangerously incomplete picture of societal progress." We need an economy of care for a liveable future, @ProfTimJackson bmj.com/content/392/bmj.r257…
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Just re-released by @penguinrandom: my 30-part ‘environmental thriller’ Cry of the Bittern was originally broadcast as a 30 part serial on @BBCRadio4 and is now available on all major audio streaming platforms. Happy new listening! ➡️ timjackson.org.uk/cry-of-the… #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...

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RT @CUSP_uk: The high price of cheap food—who’s counting the cost of our national diet? // As the new @FFC_Commission report launches, @Pro…

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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RT @CUSP_uk: The Care Economy: Redefining Prosperity in a World Beyond Growth | @EconResCouncil seminar with @ProfTimJackson | Online, 🗓️ 2…

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.

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RT @CUSP_uk: Why care is the foundation of a thriving society – #Mindvalley Book Club with @ProfTimJackson and Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani. → ht…

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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Tim Jackson retweeted
First Things
@firstthingsmag
16 Oct 2025
A review of The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto by Leah Libresco Sargeant and The Care Economy by Tim Jackson @LeahLibresco @ProfTimJackson
First Things
@firstthingsmag
16 Oct 2025
Metaphysics of Care by Mary Harrington @moveincircles firstthings.com/metaphysics-…
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RT @CUSP_uk: Britain’s food is cheap, but farmers are squeezed and too many people can’t afford a healthy diet. In this FFCC podcast by Wil…

We Need To Talk About... Cheap Food | Podcast with Tim Jackson and Emily Norton, hosted by Will...

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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