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“Care is the foundation for life itself. But in the market, it’s treated as a second-class citizen.”⁠ ⁠ In his new book »The Care Economy« CUSP director and renowned ecological economist @ProfTimJackson offers a timely and deeply personal manifesto for a more humane future—one where care is central, not sidelined. From the rising burden of chronic disease to the gender politics of care, this book confronts the structural violence baked into our pursuit of growth at all costs.⁠ ⁠ 💡 What if we designed our economy to heal—not harm?⁠ ⁠ Irreverent, insightful, and boldly hopeful, #TheCareEconomy is now available in the US and globally.⁠ ⁠ Further details and discount code for the English edition via ➡️ the-care-economy.com⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Link in bio⁠ ⁠ ___⁠ cc #PostGrowth #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #HumanRights #BeyondGrowth #Degrowth #ÖkonomieDerFürsorge #WellbeingEconomy #CareEconomy⁠ #Postwachstum #PostCroissance #Omgroei #PostCrecimiento #LifeAfterCapitalism #Decroissance #Decrecimiento #SystemChange #BigFood #BigPharma #HolisticMedicine #EcologicalEconomics #RethinkingEconomics #NewEconomics #GrowthDependency #RethinkingProsperity #PostConsumerism #DoughnutEconomics #SustainableWelfare cc @politybooks @wellbeingeconomyalliance @sociologysurrey @institutesustainability

"A society which builds its civilization on the necessity for violence and on the systematic denigration of care is sowing the seeds of its own destruction."—Tim Jackson, 2025⁠ ⁠ __⁠ #FoodForThought @ProfTimJackson #TheCareEconomy #CareEconomy #CriticalThinking #HumanCivilisation #Humanity #HumanRights #Politics #Peace #Futures #Capitalism #PostGrowth #LifeAfterCapitalism #Degrowth #War #CarelessEconomy #Care #Philosophy #SocialPsychology #ÖkonomieDerFürsorge #WellbeingEconomy ⁠#QuoteOfTheDay

We are pleased to announce the release of the audiobook edition of @ProfTimJackson 's prize-winning book "Post Growth—Life After Capitalism". Narrated by Tim himself. Produced by @SoundUnderstanding . Now available on Audible + Apple Books. ⁠ ⁠ Details via ▶️ timjackson.org.uk (🔝or follow link in bio).⁠ ___⁠ cc #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #PostGrowth #Postwachstum #PostCroissance #PostCrecimiento #LifeAfterCapitalism #Degrowth #Decroissance #Decrecimiento #BeyondGDP #BeyondGrowth #PostGrowthEconomy #SystemChange #WellbeingEconomy #EcologicalEconomics #RethinkingEconomics #NewEconomics #NewEconomy #NewEconomicThinking #GrowthDependency #LastingProsperity #RethinkingProsperity #PostConsumerism #DoughnutEconomics #CircularEconomy #Transformation #Earth4All #SustainableWelfare #PlanetaryBoundaries @politybooks @oekomverlag @Weall_Alliance @institutesustainability @surreysustainability @SurreySociology

Late capitalism's dangerous endgame has a body count. ⁠ The mantra of growth is failing us. Not because we haven't tried hard enough. But because it's built on broken promises.⁠ ⁠ In his blog for @instituteofartandideas , CUSP co-director @ProfTimJackson points to another economics: one that views prosperity as health + economy as care. ⁠ ⭕️ For full article see link in bio.⁠ ⁠ __⁠ #TheCareEconomy #PostGrowth #ProsperityAsHealth #WellbeingEconomy #Degrowth

Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.—Hannah Arendt, 1951⁠ ⁠ __⁠ #QuoteOfTheDay #HannahArendt #CriticalThinking #TheOriginsOfTotalitarianism #Peace

Health systems aren't failing.⁠ They're being asked to manage illness generated elsewhere. 🏥⁠ ⁠ We built an economy for wealth.⁠ Then asked healthcare to clean up the mess.⁠ Now, that damage lives in our bodies.⁠ ⁠ We incentivise companies that profit from disease and privilege treatment over prevention. This "false economy" undermines care—the restorative force that brings us back into balance.⁠ ⁠ What if we understood prosperity not as wealth, but as health? ✨⁠ ⁠ A new paper by @ProfTimJackson (written for @enlightenscot 's #NHS2048 initiative) proposes a simple policy test: Does this intervention move us closer to health—or merely cushion the costs of prosperity understood as wealth?⁠ ⁠ ⭕️ Read the full paper: cusp.ac.uk/publications (🔗 link in bio)⁠ 📄 Read the policy summary: enlighten.scot/nhs-2048⁠ ⁠ Reframe prosperity.⁠ Recentre care.⁠ Care isn't a cost.⁠ It's essential infrastructure.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ——⁠ #TheCareEconomy #ProsperityAsHealth #EconomyAsCare #WellbeingEconomy #PostGrowth #PublicHealth cc @ffc_commission @wellbeingeconomy @weallscotland @carefull_economy

Does economic growth harm the planet? | @BBCSundayMorningLive debate with @ProfTimJackson , @DazeAghaji and Andy Mayer from the Institute of Economic Affairs @ieauk . The segment followed renewed international calls to move #beyondGDP as the primary measure of progress, including recent comments from @AntonioGuterres on the need to value environmental sustainability and human wellbeing alongside economic performance. During the discussion, Tim highlighted the close correlation between rising GDP and increasing environmental pressures, pointing to escalating carbon emissions and the dramatic decline in global biodiversity since the 1970s. He argued that prosperity is better understood as collective health rather than endless expansion—reminding us that we never measure health using just one indicator, so why measure societal success that way? ▶️ Full clip via /media (🔝or follow link in bio). — cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #DoughnutEconomics @uniofsurrey @sociologysurrey @institutesustainability

“Economic growth has a near mythical status in the affections of economists and politicians. But wishful thinking won’t solve the climate crisis [...] Post-growth economics offers us more choice, more realism and more insight into the possibilities for human prosperity. It’s not about returning to the cave but about breaking free from our intellectual prisons.” — @proftimjackson ➡️ theguardian.com (Link in bio) __ cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #LimitsToGrowth

Our economies are driving inequality and devastating the environment. #ReclaimTheEconomyWeek *26 Jan - 1 Feb* is a moment to unite to demand an economy that puts people and planet first. For the cultural sector this represents both a challenge, and a potential opportunity. Read our @happymuseumproject Provocation to the Cultural Sector (link in biog) Find out how you can get involved at reclaimtheeconomy.org

Why does “more” so often mean less? 
Ecological economist Tim Jackson @proftimjackson explores how our pursuit of endless growth drives disconnection — from the planet and ourselves. Real prosperity, he says, is rooted in balance, purpose, and care. Discover more at theconduit.com 
#TheConduit #sustainablity #CareEconomy #ClimateAction

"For the trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. In this sense, truth, even if it does not prevail in public, possesses an ineradicable primacy over all falsehoods."—Hannah Arendt, 1969⁠ ⁠ __ ⁠ #QuoteOfTheDay #HannahArendt #CriticalThinking #Totalitarianism #CrisesOfTheRepublic #ThoughtsOnPoliticsAndRevolution #TheOriginsOfTotalitarianism #TheLifeOfTheMind #BanalityOfEvil #MenInDarkTimes #Wisdom #Reflection #HumanCivilisation #Humanity #HumanRights #Politics #Peace #Futures #GeoPolitics #InternationalRelations

🎙️Corporate Bodies: Podcast series about the strange world of #work.⁠ ⁠ Episode 5—The Heart | If the organisation is a body made up of real people, then where or who is its heart? What really is the work that needs to be done? How do we bring our whole selves to it? What is the leadership we need to address the challenges we face? ⁠ ⁠ Full episode via ➡️ cusp.ac.uk/media or wherever you get your podcasts from (🔝link in bio).⁠ ⁠ A B O U T⁠ ⁠ Kate and Mark went into this conversation with Farzana Khan from @healingjusticeldn thinking that they would be talking about the challenges of bringing your whole self to work as a leader. ⁠ ⁠ What happened, though, was a deep and expansive conversation about the real work that needs to be done—and how part of that work is being able to be fully yourself—to be “right sized” and fully human. ⁠ ⁠ Farzana shares how her work with #PoliticisedSomatics informs her practice and how Healing Justice London is a time-travelling organisation. ⁠ ⁠ She shares some of her practices and together we ponder what it means to be able to thrive in the hardness of the work of systems change. ⁠ ⁠ —⁠ cc #CorporateBodiesPodcast #WorkplaceCulture #GoodWork #Workplace #Podcast #OrganisationalDevelopment #NewPodcast #NewEconomics #SustainableBusiness #AlternativeBusiness #SocialEnterprise #SocEnt #wellbeingeconomy #TheCareEconomy #CivicSquare @wellbeingeconomyalliance @sharedassets ⁠ ⁠ Corporate Bodies is a production by Mark Walton and Kate Swade, edited by @_katierevell . Artwork by @hanorbb . Supported by @CUSP_uk .⁠