Post Growth Life after Capitalism

by Jackson, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781509542512
• ISBN10: 1509542515
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2021-06-01
• Publisher: Polity

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Tim Jackson is Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey in the UK. For over three decades, he has pioneered research on the moral, economic and social dimensions of prosperity on a finite planet. His landmark book Prosperity without Growth (2009/2017) was a Financial Times book of the year, and UnHerd’s book of the decade. It appeared in 17 foreign language editions worldwide. In 2016, he was awarded the Hillary Laureate for exceptional international leadership in sustainability. In addition to his academic work, Tim is an award-winning dramatist with numerous radio-writing credits for the BBC.

Table of Contents

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

Notes