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Care maintains the world. The market made it invisible.
In The Care Economy, economist and writer @timjackson.org.uk exposes the violence behind growth-at-all-costs and calls for an economy that heals, not harms.
Out now (US + global):
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In The Care Economy, economist and writer @timjackson.org.uk exposes the violence behind growth-at-all-costs and calls for an economy that heals, not harms.
Out now (US + global):
🔗 timjackson.org.uk/the-care-eco...
#TheCareEconomy #PostGrowth
📚 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
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
📚 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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Honored to be part of @bmj.com New Year’s Resolutions for the #climateemergency issue, kicking off 2026 with an exploration of Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future
See @kamranabbasi.bsky.social's editorial & my piece below:
tinyurl.com/4b2efbjj
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
See @kamranabbasi.bsky.social's editorial & my piece below:
tinyurl.com/4b2efbjj
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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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January 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Honored to be part of @bmj.com New Year’s Resolutions for the #climateemergency issue, kicking off 2026 with an exploration of Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future
See @kamranabbasi.bsky.social's editorial & my piece below:
tinyurl.com/4b2efbjj
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
See @kamranabbasi.bsky.social's editorial & my piece below:
tinyurl.com/4b2efbjj
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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/...
#TheCareEconomy #WellbeingEconomy #PostGrowth @timjackson.org.uk
welcomes the new @bmj.com special issue of resolutions, focusing this year on the climate emergency → bmj.com/content/392/...
#TheCareEconomy #WellbeingEconomy #PostGrowth @timjackson.org.uk
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...
www.bmj.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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/...
#TheCareEconomy #WellbeingEconomy #PostGrowth @timjackson.org.uk
welcomes the new @bmj.com special issue of resolutions, focusing this year on the climate emergency → bmj.com/content/392/...
#TheCareEconomy #WellbeingEconomy #PostGrowth @timjackson.org.uk
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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
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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January 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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
Happy new listening! ➡️ timjackson.org.uk/cry-of-the-b... cc #CryOfTheBittern
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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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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January 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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.
➡️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
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cc #TheCareEconomy #Postgrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy
➡️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
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cc #TheCareEconomy #Postgrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy
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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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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...
@cusp.ac.uk
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.
ffcc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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...
@cusp.ac.uk
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...
@cusp.ac.uk
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In a blog post for @cusp.ac.uk I argue that countries are not decoupling fast enough and that growth remains a barrier to genuine progress on carbon emissions. But the increased rate of decoupling should prompt reflections from environmentalists and ecological economists.
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Can we really have green growth? | Comment by Simon Mair
Has economic growth really been decoupled from climate damage? In this blog, Simon Mair examines recent claims from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit ...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In a blog post for @cusp.ac.uk I argue that countries are not decoupling fast enough and that growth remains a barrier to genuine progress on carbon emissions. But the increased rate of decoupling should prompt reflections from environmentalists and ecological economists.
cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
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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.
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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.
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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December 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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...
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Assessing public support for degrowth // New study by CUSP fellow @krpd.bsky.social and colleagues finds that—contrary to common political and media claims—the majority of respondents support #degrowth when presented with the full proposal, regardless of the label. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
Assessing public support for degrowth: survey-based experimental and predictive studies | Journal paper
Using representative surveys in the UK and US with over 5,000 participants, a new study by CUSP fellow Dario Krpan and colleagues Fred Basso, Jason Hickel, ...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Assessing public support for degrowth // New study by CUSP fellow @krpd.bsky.social and colleagues finds that—contrary to common political and media claims—the majority of respondents support #degrowth when presented with the full proposal, regardless of the label. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
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"It was becoming increasingly clear that the allegiance to economic growth is a new religious form. That growth-based consumerism is itself a secular theodicy."
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The Quest for Prosperity | Tim Jackson's Foreword to Richard Douglas' new book The Meaning of Growth
This is an amended version of Tim Jackson's Foreword for Richard McNeill Douglas' new book The Meaning of Growth—Anti-Environmentalist Rhetoric an ...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"It was becoming increasingly clear that the allegiance to economic growth is a new religious form. That growth-based consumerism is itself a secular theodicy."
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cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
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The classic early retirement story! @will-davies.bsky.social & I wrote about this movement & all its contradictions back in 2020. doi.org/10.1080/1753...
I assume FIRE has been turbocharged post-pandemic, with the combo of job disillusionment & asset appreciation.
I assume FIRE has been turbocharged post-pandemic, with the combo of job disillusionment & asset appreciation.
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The classic early retirement story! @will-davies.bsky.social & I wrote about this movement & all its contradictions back in 2020. doi.org/10.1080/1753...
I assume FIRE has been turbocharged post-pandemic, with the combo of job disillusionment & asset appreciation.
I assume FIRE has been turbocharged post-pandemic, with the combo of job disillusionment & asset appreciation.
Assessing public support for degrowth // New study by CUSP fellow @krpd.bsky.social and colleagues finds that—contrary to common political and media claims—the majority of respondents support #degrowth when presented with the full proposal, regardless of the label. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
Assessing public support for degrowth: survey-based experimental and predictive studies | Journal paper
Using representative surveys in the UK and US with over 5,000 participants, a new study by CUSP fellow Dario Krpan and colleagues Fred Basso, Jason Hickel, ...
cusp.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Assessing public support for degrowth // New study by CUSP fellow @krpd.bsky.social and colleagues finds that—contrary to common political and media claims—the majority of respondents support #degrowth when presented with the full proposal, regardless of the label. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
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Food shapes our health, environment, and economy—yet the UK food system currently drives illness + environmental harm. It doesn’t have to. CUSP researchers helped identify 27 practical actions to make food fairer, greener, and more resilient. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/food/... #TUKFS
Action to Transform the UK Food Systems: innovations for an alternative | Blog by Fergus Lyon
The UK food system faces rising health and environmental costs. Evidence from the TUKFS Programme outlines systemic changes for a sustainable future. In thi ...
cusp.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Food shapes our health, environment, and economy—yet the UK food system currently drives illness + environmental harm. It doesn’t have to. CUSP researchers helped identify 27 practical actions to make food fairer, greener, and more resilient. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/food/... #TUKFS
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Deep, personal, frank, meaningful. Tim Jackson's Foreword bodes well for this new book, The Meaning of Growth, by Richard Douglas cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
The Quest for Prosperity | Tim Jackson's Foreword to Richard Douglas' new book The Meaning of Growth
This is an amended version of Tim Jackson's Foreword for Richard McNeill Douglas' new book The Meaning of Growth—Anti-Environmentalist Rhetoric an ...
cusp.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Deep, personal, frank, meaningful. Tim Jackson's Foreword bodes well for this new book, The Meaning of Growth, by Richard Douglas cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
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Once people understand what Degrowth is, the majority support it (74–84% in the UK and 67–73% in the US), regardless of the label. See our new research in @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@giorgoskallis.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @F. Basso @lsepbs.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk
@giorgoskallis.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @F. Basso @lsepbs.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Once people understand what Degrowth is, the majority support it (74–84% in the UK and 67–73% in the US), regardless of the label. See our new research in @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@giorgoskallis.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @F. Basso @lsepbs.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk
@giorgoskallis.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @F. Basso @lsepbs.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk
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Call for abstracts: Learning from Non-Capitalist Economies. Deadline 19th December. Details here: esee2026ghent.be/wp-content/u...
Abstracts will form sessions at the 16th Biennial Conference of the European Society of Ecological Economics in Ghent. More details th thread below:
Abstracts will form sessions at the 16th Biennial Conference of the European Society of Ecological Economics in Ghent. More details th thread below:
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December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Call for abstracts: Learning from Non-Capitalist Economies. Deadline 19th December. Details here: esee2026ghent.be/wp-content/u...
Abstracts will form sessions at the 16th Biennial Conference of the European Society of Ecological Economics in Ghent. More details th thread below:
Abstracts will form sessions at the 16th Biennial Conference of the European Society of Ecological Economics in Ghent. More details th thread below:
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Join Dr Richard Douglas (@maitrereynard.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk) to discuss the contributions of robust public theology in the context of our environmental crisis
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November 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Have you signed up to next week's FREE webinar?
Join Dr Richard Douglas (@maitrereynard.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk) to discuss the contributions of robust public theology in the context of our environmental crisis
📍Thurs 4 December, 6-7.15pm, online
Sign up today: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-third-...
Join Dr Richard Douglas (@maitrereynard.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk) to discuss the contributions of robust public theology in the context of our environmental crisis
📍Thurs 4 December, 6-7.15pm, online
Sign up today: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-third-...
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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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November 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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 are organisations so weird? And what could we do to make them better? Mark Walton and Kate Swade have been exploring just this through their CUSP-supported podcast project, #CorporateBodies. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/s1/bl...
Exploring the corporate body | Blog by Kate Swade
Why are organisations so weird? And what could we do to make them better? Mark Walton and Kate Swade have been exploring just this through their CUSP-suppor ...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Why are organisations so weird? And what could we do to make them better? Mark Walton and Kate Swade have been exploring just this through their CUSP-supported podcast project, #CorporateBodies. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/s1/bl...
Monetary Policy for a Just Macrofinancial Regime—CUSP partnering in new P4NE-funded project exploring how central banks can adapt monetary policy to support a green and just economic transition. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/finan...
Monetary Policy for a Just Macrofinancial Regime—CUSP partnering in new P4NE-funded project
Researchers from the CUSP at the University of Surrey have secured funding from the Partners for a New Economy (P4NE) foundation for a new two-year research ...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Monetary Policy for a Just Macrofinancial Regime—CUSP partnering in new P4NE-funded project exploring how central banks can adapt monetary policy to support a green and just economic transition. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/finan...
The Quest for Prosperity | @timjackson.org.uk’s Foreword for @maitrereynard.bsky.social’s new book The Meaning of Growth: Anti-Environmentalist Rhetoric and the Defence of Modernity. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
cc #Postgrowth #LimitsToGrowth #Progress #Modernity #ProsperityWithoutGrowth
cc #Postgrowth #LimitsToGrowth #Progress #Modernity #ProsperityWithoutGrowth
The Quest for Prosperity | Tim Jackson's Foreword to Richard Douglas' new book The Meaning of Growth
This is an amended version of Tim Jackson's Foreword for Richard McNeill Douglas' new book The Meaning of Growth—Anti-Environmentalist Rhetoric an ...
cusp.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The Quest for Prosperity | @timjackson.org.uk’s Foreword for @maitrereynard.bsky.social’s new book The Meaning of Growth: Anti-Environmentalist Rhetoric and the Defence of Modernity. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
cc #Postgrowth #LimitsToGrowth #Progress #Modernity #ProsperityWithoutGrowth
cc #Postgrowth #LimitsToGrowth #Progress #Modernity #ProsperityWithoutGrowth
Food shapes our health, environment, and economy—yet the UK food system currently drives illness + environmental harm. It doesn’t have to. CUSP researchers helped identify 27 practical actions to make food fairer, greener, and more resilient. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/food/... #TUKFS
Action to Transform the UK Food Systems: innovations for an alternative | Blog by Fergus Lyon
The UK food system faces rising health and environmental costs. Evidence from the TUKFS Programme outlines systemic changes for a sustainable future. In thi ...
cusp.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Food shapes our health, environment, and economy—yet the UK food system currently drives illness + environmental harm. It doesn’t have to. CUSP researchers helped identify 27 practical actions to make food fairer, greener, and more resilient. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/food/... #TUKFS
It's Politics, Captain—But Not As We Know It → thealternative.org.uk/dailyalterna... HT #TheAlternative @thealternative.global
Alternative Editorial: It's Politics, Captain - But Not As We Know It — THE ALTERNATIVE
Since our last editorial there has been an ‘energetic shift’ in the party-political world. Zohran Mamdani’s victory against Andrew Cuomo to become Mayor of New York, marks the end of a political...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It's Politics, Captain—But Not As We Know It → thealternative.org.uk/dailyalterna... HT #TheAlternative @thealternative.global
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...
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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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November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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...
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