Tim Jackson joined BBC One’s Sunday Morning Live for a live debate on whether economic growth harms the planet, following renewed international discussion about moving beyond GDP as the main measure of progress.
In this interview with Olivier Berruyer for Élucid, Tim Jackson explores how capitalism has made growth and consumption central to our idea of happiness—while relying on permanent dissatisfaction to keep going. Leaving consumerism behind, he suggests, is not a step backwards, but an essential step towards a truly prosperous and sustainable society.
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 available on all major audiobook platforms. Set against the atmospheric backdrop of the Norfolk fens, the full-cast mystery explores the tensions between environmental protection and economic development.
Tim Jackson speaking at the Economic Research Council about The Care Economy, exploring how valuing care as a social and economic foundation can reshape our understanding of prosperity, community, and sustainability in a world beyond growth.
Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani speaks with Tim to explore why modern economics often overlooks care work, how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the essential foundations of society, and what a truly sustainable, care-centered economy might look like in practice, including the social, economic, and cultural shifts required to achieve it.
During a recent visit to the Netherlands, Tim Jackson joined Paul Schenderling for a conversation on post-growth economics, ecological limits, and the future of prosperity. The discussion explores ideas from Prosperity without Growth and The Care Economy, and examines how ecological-economic thinking can inform social and policy change.
Under capitalism, we have learned that more is always better: more innovation, more consumption, more wealth. But we can’t keep growing forever, we need to build a postgrowth society, where economic growth is no longer the leading principle.
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 Goodhart, chaired by Barry C Smith, explore how society might revalue care as central to human and economic life.
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 wealth? Together, they explore how an economy built around care—rather than growth—could transform our societies, markets, and future.
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 explore the true cost of cheap food and how to create a fairer, healthier system.
In this episode of The Deep Dive, host Phillip McKenzie speaks with Tim Jackson about his latest book, The Care Economy. The conversation examines how the pandemic and recent global conflicts have underscored care's critical importance, yet revealed its consistent neglect within current economic systems focused primarily on growth and profit.
In a wide-ranging and deeply reflective conversation with Terrence McNally on Free Forum: A World That Just Might Work, Tim Jackson explores the themes of his latest book, The Care Economy. Against a backdrop of global instability and the rise of authoritarianism, Jackson argues that now, more than ever, is the time to advocate for an economy built on care rather than growth.
In a thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation with Will Brehm, Tim Jackson explores the personal and political dimensions of The Care Economy, his latest book. Sparked by a surprising diabetes diagnosis, Jackson shares how a personal health crisis led him to question not only his own lifestyle but the broader systems that shape our wellbeing. His journey through nutrition, chronic illness, and the failings of modern medicine reveals how society has systematically undermined health by prioritising profit over care.
In this podcast, Tim explains the problems with our need for constant growth—how it is not only incompatible with a sustainable future but is also bad for our wellbeing. He also shares what a post growth society premised on a care economy could look like.
As one of the most illustrious rock stars of the sustainability movement, Tim Jackson suggests that we must “fuck the patriarchy” to get beyond capitalism. In his new book, The Care Economy, Jackson argues that our growth-obsessed capitalist economic system is fundamentally dysfunctional, prioritizing wealth accumulation over health and wellbeing.
In his latest book The Care Economy, Jackson issues the powerful warning: our fixation on growth has come at the cost of the most vital parts of our lives—care, health, and human connection. In a world that undervalues care work and prioritises profit over people, what would it take to build an economy centred on wellbeing instead of wealth?
Capitalism is an illness: it’s killing our planet, and by extension, us. Economic instability and environmental concerns are symptoms that can only be cured by redefining prosperity in terms of health and wellbeing, so that we can create sustainable, equitable societies. Tim Jackson joins Cities 1.5 to discuss his new book The Care Economy, arguing that redefining prosperity around care—not growth—offers a path to heal our economy, our healthcare systems, and the planet itself.
Hosted in partnership by the David Hume Institute and EICC Live, this engaging Edinburgh event featured Tim Jackson in conversation with Dr Sarah Birrell Ivory. Together, they explored the central themes of Tim’s latest book, The Care Economy.
In this episode of the Economics for Rebels podcast, Tim Jackson speaks to Alexandra Köves about care as a philosophical principle and economic imperative—challenging the deep structures of a growth-driven patriarchal economy and its systemic neglect of wellbeing.
In his keynote for the SCORAI 2025 conference in Lund, Prof Tim Jackson presented insights from his new book The Care Economy, calling for a shift from growth-driven models to economies centred on health, care, and creativity. His keynote exposed the systemic harms of perpetual growth and argued that prioritising care is essential for a just and viable future.
To mark the launch of the German edition of The Care Economy, the Heinrich Böll Foundation hosted a special event in Berlin featuring Professor Tim Jackson in conversation with economist and historian Friederike Habermann. Together, they explored the book’s central themes, delving into its intellectual roots and discussing the urgent need to rethink our economic systems through the lens of care, wellbeing, and sustainability.
On 18 March, CUSP hosted a pre-release launch of The Care Economy at the London Review Bookshop. The evening featured a rich discussion with Professor Tim Jackson, Sir Michael Dixon, and Sir Sam Everington, moderated by Guardian journalist Zoe Williams, offering a thoughtful exploration of the book’s central themes.
In an age of war and permanent crisis, is it all too easy to forget the fundamentals? How do we look after each other, care for one another and create economies that prioritise our human development? In this podcast, Seema Syeda and Zoe Williams welcome back Tim Jackson to talk about his new book, The Care Economy (Polity 2025).
Climate change is raising questions about a central tenet of economics: growth. Host Carmel Crimmins is joined by economist Tim Jackson to talk about consumerism and the environment and what “post growth” might look like. Plus, we hear from the person who compiles Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness index.
A profile of Tim Jackson, exploring his recent work and the challenges he's tackling in the postgrowth field, written by Nick Romeo for the US magazine The New Republic. The piece is based on in-depth conversations and time Romeo spent accompanying Tim.
The French Ministry of Economy and Finance hosted a conference on 5 December to discuss the trade-offs between emission reduction policies and economic prosperity. Hosted by Minister Bruno Le Maire, speakers of the day included CUSP director Tim Jackson, Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, and Bill Gates.
We are pleased to announce the release of the audiobook edition of Tim Jackson's prize-winning "Post Growth—Life After Capitalism". Through his own narration, Tim brings a personal touch to the profound themes of Post Growth, offering an accessible and engaging experience for audiences to absorb his insights on the go.
Hosted by the former Mayor of Toronto, David Miller, this Cities 1.5 podcast with Tim Jackson is looking to translate the theoretical into the practical, by discussing what cities can do to deliver shared prosperity—not just an unsustainable goal of infinite growth.
#TodayExplained Podcast with Tim Jackson investigating the ailing capitalist model, and ‘why the degrowth movement is having a moment’. Tim recently joined Noel King for her vox.com series on ‘Blame Capitalism’ to discuss the subject, and the emerging relevance of postgrowth economics and policy making.
The New Zealand International Science Festival hosted Prof Jackson this year with the support of the British Council New Zealand and the Pacific. He is joined by the Director of the Centre For Sustainability, Caroline Orchinson, for this evening talk.
While we need less growth to put less demand on the planet's resources and slow down climate change, CUSP director Tim Jackson argues that we need more art, more plays and works of fiction to bring both sides of that argument to life.
To provide prosperity for all while respecting planetary boundaries, it is imperative we transcend both the conventional growth-centred worldview and our growth-dependent economic and social systems. Tim Jackson explores how to get there.
Growth is unsustainable. But the world beyond growth is frightening. We have built an economy that is dependent on growth. We must learn anew how society works, when the economy is not growing. And we need to confront the impossibility theorems presented to us by those who resist change.
Care is an anathema to capitalism. Its virtues are capitalism’s vices. Its employment-rich foundation for wellbeing is capitalism’s ‘productivity crisis’. Yet, without care we are nothing, our progress is nothing. Without care there is no economy.
On 15-17 May 2023, scientists, politicians, policymakers and civil society organisations are gathering in Brussels for the second Post-Growth Conference for Europe. The event is a cross-party initiative of 20 Members of the European Parliament, supported by a wide-range of partner organisations.
Tim Jackson was invited onto the Radio NZ Saturday Morning programme with Kim Hill to discus post-growth economics, staggering inequalities legitimated by the trickle-down ideology, and the motivation for his most recent book Post Growth-life after capitalism.
What may switching to a green economy mean for the way we live and work and is it compatible with economic growth? Together with his invited guests and co-hosts, Amol Rajan is exploring key questions around money, prosperity and the green economy.
In the Cop27 special, Ian Sample speaks to Tim Jackson about the myth of eternal growth, other ways to think about progress and prosperity, and what an economic system in balance with our planetary system might look like.
As the twin storms of economic turmoil and worsening climate change grip the the world, BBC Radio 4 Analysis examines the future of economic growth. Does it offer a route out of economic malaise, or have its benefits reached a ceiling for developed countries?
In an exciting new partnership with Corner Shop Media Productions, Parents for Future UK and Zero Carbon Guildford, CUSP is co-sponsoring a new weekly podcast series hosted by seasoned journalists Babita Sharma and Katy Glassborow. Mum, Will the Planet Die Before I Do? explores our role as parents and carers in tackling the climate crisis.
