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Post Growth
Life after Capitalism
Tim Jackson (Author)
9781509542512, Polity Press
Hardback, published 26 March 2021
256 pages
21.3 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.431 kg
‘A Reminder that judging political success and national prosperity by the entirely faulty measure of GDP is short-changing the present and the future.’ ‘Through the window of our pandemic lockdown Jackson sees both the sins of capitalism and the renewal of hope. An instructive and stimulating read!’ ‘Tim Jackson’s compelling postgrowth vision strikes at the heart of today’s greatest existential challenge and human predicament: either we continue to propagate a capitalistic growth paradigm that fosters inequality, climate and health crises or we build our lives and livelihoods around a holistic system providing what is truly meaningful.’ ‘This book demonstrates that changing the current economic paradigm is not a crazy dream, but a real – and absolutely essential – possibility. For all of us. Right now. Taking the world towards the sustainable development we need is a revolution waiting to happen, if we only allow it.’ ‘Tim Jackson appeals to humanity's incredible ingenuity by replacing the tunnel vision of mainstream economics with a tour d'horizon of how good lives for all are perfectly possible without costing the Earth.’ ‘Post growth is one of the most important ideas of the 21st century, and Tim Jackson one of its most powerful proponents. Don’t miss this brilliant new book.’ ‘An unapologetic, clear-eyed vision.’ ‘A thrilling intellectual journey towards a post growth world.’ ‘Some call Tim Jackson’s thesis about capitalism’s flaws, and proposed remedies, provocative. After two decades as a successful capitalist (or so they tell me) I don’t find it provocative at all, rather an existential imperative.’ ‘Utterly inspiring … an urgent and eloquent plea for radical change.’ ‘A tour de force, sinuous, disruptive – and a masterpiece of measured rage and love.’ ‘Extraordinary, powerful and beautifully written – difficult to put down.’ ‘Economic wisdom wrapped up in poetry … A beautiful read.’ ‘Razor-sharp analysis and powerful storytelling’ ‘An expansive, wise and uplifting work that will reorient the conversation. Highly recommended.’ ‘Jackson is the great storyteller of economics – of what economies can and should be. In this book he draws on the stories of original thinkers near and far to show that post growth – a future beyond capitalism – is not just necessary for our planet, but also to sustain our human spirit.’ ‘This is an important and urgent book. Tim Jackson exposes the cult of growth which is leading us down a path of human misery and destruction of the natural world. A book of questions, interwoven with stories and philosophy: our collective challenge is to create the answers.’ ‘Tim Jackson offers us a book that is both honest and hopeful. It gently lets its stark messages unfold through writing that is often more like poetry than political prose. As rich in imagery as it is grounded with examples and clear explanations of why our economy is in urgent need of recalibration, this is a book that future generations will be glad was written.’ ‘It is harder and harder to deny that we in the “developed” world are collectively prisoners of an addictive delusion – the myth of constantly increasing economic growth. In this brief but weighty book, Tim Jackson exposes this myth with unambiguous clarity, and asks whether we are able to seize the opportunities for tough self-questioning prompted by the current global crisis.’ ‘Empowering and elegiac’
Natalie Bennett, The House Magazine
‘fascinating’
The BMJ Opinion
‘With great sensitivity and wonderful insight, Tim Jackson shows us that there is life after the growth imperative – and it’s a richer, more humane form of life. With its blend of science, history and biographical detail, Post Growth was a delight to read and gave me much to think about.’
Svend Brinkmann – Author of The Joy of Missing Out
Herman Daly – Author of Steady State Economics
Sandrine Dixson-Declève – Co-President, The Club of Rome
‘Joyous… Post Growth is one of the best written economic tomes I have read in a long while.’
Dollars and Sense
‘Post Growth is perhaps the most imaginative book I’ve read on the topic of economic growth, a lyrical and thoughtful account of where capitalism fails and the many ways that things could be done better.’
The Earthbound Project
‘Written almost as much in poetry as in prose, it is offered as a string of vignettes and parables giving us insights into what’s wrong with the way our economy works and what we can do to change it.’
Ecologist
Enrico Giovannini – Former Chief Statistician, OECD
Maja Göpel, The New Institute
‘Post Growth can be read as a playbook of how to turn the categorical imperative back on its feet again, how to build a world where equal rights to production and consumption do not ruin the planet, and how to subordinate the economy to a broader reflection on its purpose.’
Green European Journal
‘Jackson writes beautifully’
Green House
‘Abounds with prescriptions for the “economy of tomorrow” that challenge the orthodoxies of today… intriguing.’
The Guardian
Jason Hickel – Author of Less is More
Kerry Kennedy – President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Roman Krznaric – Author of The Good Ancestor
Jeremy Leggett – Founder of Solarcentury and SolarAid
Caroline Lucas – MP, Green Party
Jonathon Porritt – Author of Hope in Hell
Mamphela Ramphele – Co-President, The Club of Rome
Kate Raworth – Author of Doughnut Economics
Johan Rockström – Professor of Earth Systems Science
Juliet Schor – Author of After the Gig
Julia Steinberger – University of Lausanne
Jo Swinson – Director, Partners for a New Economy
Katherine Trebeck – Author of The Economics of Arrival
Rowan Williams – 104th Archbishop of Canterbury
Yanis Varoufakis – Author of Another Now
Winner of the 2022 Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics Capitalism is broken. The relentless pursuit of more has delivered climate catastrophe, social inequality and financial instability – and left us ill-prepared for life in a global pandemic. Tim Jackson’s passionate and provocative book dares us to imagine a world beyond capitalism – a place where relationship and meaning take precedence over profits and power. Post Growth is both a manifesto for system change and an invitation to rekindle a deeper conversation about the nature of the human condition.
Now available as an audiobook narrated by the author.
Prologue Chapter 1. The Myth of Growth Chapter 2. Who Killed Capitalism? Chapter 3. The Limited and the Limitless Chapter 4. The Nature of Prosperity Chapter 5. Of Love and Entropy Chapter 6. Economics as Storytelling Chapter 7. The Return to Work Chapter 8. A Canopy of Hope Chapter 9. The Art of Power Chapter 10. Dolphins in Venice Acknowledgements References
Subject Areas: The environment [RN]
