The Care Economy

Reviews

»The Care Economy is a well-timed warning about the dire consequences of prioritising wealth over health and sacrificing happiness for growth. Jackson takes his reader on a fascinating journey, peppered with entertaining characters and colourful stories. But his message is deeply serious – as persuasive as it is challenging. A ‘must read’ for anyone who cares about the future. A book that could change the world.«
Dr Michael Dixon CVO, OBE, FRCP (hon), FRCGP
Chair of the College of Medicine

»The Care Economy is a profoundly insightful and personal book with a powerful message: A new economics guided by care for people and planet is urgently needed. I applaud Tim Jackson and this manifesto for a healthy and sustainable world.«
Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade and The Real Wealth of Nations

»The Care Economy rocks. Enjoy the rhythms of this compelling take-down of the dismal science and dance to the beat of new economic principles, joyfully explained. This music will stick in your head.«
Nancy Folbre, author of The Invisible Heart

»The absence of ‘Care’ as a primary purpose of economics limits the reach of policy.  Tim Jackson shows not only what is missed by this, how policy must stretch to be inclusive, but also what gives us a better economics as a discipline and what might be a better economy.«
Michael D Higgins, President of Ireland

»Why do we sacrifice health for wealth? Why are we so careless with care? From the staggering rise of chronic disease to the dark persistence of gender-based violence, Tim Jackson’s sharp, uncompromising examination of capitalism’s failings is also a passionate call to arms. A manifesto for The Care Economy.«
Stephanie Kelton, author of The Deficit Myth

»We are taken on a tour of everything that makes, breaks and takes care. Yes, care, this word that has been denuded so much in today’s thoughtless culture by soppiness, shallowness and exploitation. Tim Jackson cuts through much of the cant about care to show why a care-full society is the good society and how that requires infrastructure. With many personal details and his wondrous but lightly worn erudition, he shows that unless we restructure the economy and how we live to deliver deep care, society will be taken by brutal forces into ever starker divisions. I’d like all politicians to read this brilliant book.«
Tim Lang, Emeritus Professor of Food Policy, City & St Georges, University of London

»What is care, anyway? Care is Misery. Care is Cure. And therein, lies the rub and our salvation. Because care is half of homo sapiens, half of us. The justice ethic, and the care ethic; the male rubic, and the female rubric. It’s our burden and our legacy. Tim Jackson has plumbed the depths of economics, psychology, philosophy, and spirituality to confront us with that which we can’t ignore – we were born to care, and when we choose not to, we kill ourselves, our children, and our planet.«
Robert Lustig MD, MSL, author of The Hacking of the American Mind and Metabolical

»If you want to understand why it’s high time to reframe the whole concept of care (and you should) then start here.  Drawing insights from literature, politics, psychology, philosophy, biology, feminism, pop culture and more, every chapter of The Care Economy surprises, provokes and illuminates. Profoundly radical and ultimately practical, it is also that rare thing for a book from an economist – a clear and gripping read.«
Sue Pritchard, Chief Executive, Food, Farming and Countryside Commission

»If you ever doubted what truly matters in life, you need doubt no more. Prosperity, equity and harmony between people and planet are all about health, not wealth; about care, not growth. Tim Jackson takes us on a remarkable journey, exploring how to reshape the global economy, making his case with compassion, honesty and analytical force.«
Johan Rockström, Professor of Earth System Science and author of Breaking Boundaries (now a Netflix documentary)

»A forthright and original book. Jackson encourages his readers to think afresh about their own well-being – and that of humanity and the planet.«
Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, NHS Confederation

»Is there such a thing as poetic economics? A postgrowth page-turner? Everyone who dreams of a better world should read this compelling account of how a care economy could replace our current capitalistic, growth-addicted system.«
Joan Tronto, author of The Caring Democracy and Who Cares?

»In this deeply personal book, Tim Jackson takes readers on a wonderful journey into the possibilities for an economy of care, offering a unique take on the potential for modern economic practices to be transformed into something more humane, universal and healthy for people and planet.«
Remco van de Pas, International Institute for Global Health, UN University