In short, avoiding the scourge of unemployment may have less to do with chasing after growth and more to do with building… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
The care and concern of one human being for another is a peculiar 'commodity.' It can't be stockpiled. It becomes degraded through… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
[We are] persuaded to spend money we don't have on things we don't need to create impressions that won't last on people… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
“Every society clings to a myth by which it lives. Ours is the myth of economic growth.” — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
“The overriding aim of this book is to seek viable responses to the biggest dilemma of our times: reconciling our aspirations for the good… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
We have stood up and said continuing growth in the Western world is unjust, inappropriate and potentially destabilising. Having said that, we understand why… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
Productivity - the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy - is often viewed as the engine of progress in… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us. — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
Big companies are reliant on institutional investors on a punishing schedule which leads to ruthless behaviour. This form of capitalism with this structure and… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
Novelty is adaptive when things are changing and you need to adapt yourself. Tradition is essential to lay down the stability to raise families… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
The history of jazz for the last 45 years has come through the Monterey Jazz Festival stages. I think there's developed a legacy and… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
In short, avoiding the scourge of unemployment may have less to do with chasing after growth and more to do with building an economy… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
The default assumption is that - financial crises aside - growth will continue indefinitely. Not just for the poorest countries, where a better quality… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
On the mathematical side, you could in principle build a society in which people were fulfilling their needs and flourishing as human beings in… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
Questioning growth is deemed to be the act of lunatics, idealists and revolutionaries. But question it we must. — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
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