Confronting Extractivism // @timjackson.org.uk has contributed to a new report from Ernst & Young’s New Economy Unit (NEU), exploring how businesses can help drive the transition away from #extractivism towards a regenerative economy. 🔗 cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/... #PostGrowth #degrowth #beyondgrowth

Confronting extractivism: new EY report with contributions by Tim Jackson

A groundbreaking new report from Ernst & Young's New Economy Unit (NEU) shines a harsh light on the extractivism which characterises modern capital ...

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Community-rooted social enterprises are transforming local food systems by combining trading with social impact and reaching underserved communities. They should be recognised as essential food-system partners.—New policy briefing by Fergus Lyon et al→ cusp.ac.uk/themes/p/sef... cc #Groundswell2026

The role of social enterprise in transforming the UK Food System | Policy Paper

New briefing by CUSP researchers summarises evidence from the SEFS project on how social enterprises are contributing to healthier, fairer and more sustaina ...

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This is "climate necropolitics". Our deaths are baked in, of no consequence to the powerful, to our landlords, employers, governments. "Climate necropolitics means we are being sacrificed. There is nothing passive or natural about this process." jksteinberger.medium.com/climate-necr... 5/7

Climate necropolitics

I have been thinking of politics and death recently. In fact it’s all I can think about. I think you should too.

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The Care Economy: reimagining health and care | Q/NHS Alliance workshop with @timjackson.org.uk and Jen Morgan, 🗓️ Online 23 June 2026, 12pm (BST)⁠ ⁠🔗 cusp.ac.uk/.../health/t... —⁠ #TheCareEconomy #ProsperityAsHealth #EconomyAsCare #WellbeingEconomy #PublicHealth cc @nhsconfed.org

The Care Economy: reimagining health and care | Q/NHS Alliance workshop with Tim Jackson and Jen Morgan, Online 23 June 2026

CUSP co-director Tim Jackson joins Jen Morgan from the Q-Community at an NHS Alliance event to explore the value of care, its place in economic thinking, an ...

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🌍 The latest CUSP Newsletter is live now. // Co-director @timjackson.org.uk reflects on aggressive expansionism, rising militarism, and justice systems that punish protest while shielding atrocities. // + New research from across the CUSP community. ➡️ share.sender.net/campaigns/ge... cc #postgrowth

The Economists have spoken. Poverty is manufactured embedded in a socially and ecologically unsustainable economic system. More than 550 signatories to date call on governments to adopt indicators beyond economic growth to enable human and environmental flourishing to dismantle poverty.

CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre@cusp.ac.uk · 2mo ago

"Poverty is manufactured. That is the bad news – and the good news. What has been manufactured can be dismantled and replaced." → www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... — cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy

"Poverty is manufactured. That is the bad news – and the good news. What has been manufactured can be dismantled and replaced." → www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... — cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy

We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others

Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others

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New CUSP research identifies how to make #postgrowth work globally: financial transfers from North to South + international cooperation. The PADME model shows this prevents debt, inflation & unemployment in the South. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/... #Postgrowth #Degrowth #GlobalJustice

Post-growth and the North-South divide: A stock-flow consistent scenario analysis | Journal paper

An unregulated post-growth transition in the North can cause crises in the South: debt, inflation, unemployment. That's the finding of a new paper by D ...

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Is modern economics built on a lie?—In a guest post for CUSP, Paul Bain describes new evidence that questions whether people truly have insatiable wants—and argues that economists' reactions to that evidence lay bare the field's deep ideological roots. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/s1/pb... cc #postgrowth

Is modern economics built on a lie? | Guest blog by Paul Bain

In his guest blog for CUSP, Paul Bain describes new evidence that questions whether people have insatiable economic wants, and how economists’ reactions to ...

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#PostCapitalism #Degrowth #PostGrowth #Sufficiency #BeyondGrowth We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy - there is a better way - Oliver De Schutter, Joseph Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh, Thomas Piketty, Kate Raworth & Jason Hickel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others

Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others

theguardian.com

The cost of data centres—New FoE Ireland report by CUSP fellow @seanfearon.bsky.social models how the growing data centre demand on the Irish electricity grid is pushing up electricity prices for households across the state. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/... cc #postgrowth #energy

The Cost of Data Centres | FoE Ireland report by Seán Fearon

Commissioned by Beyond Fossil Fuels and Friends of the Earth Ireland, a new report by CUSP research fellow Seán Fearon models how the constant, inflexible, ...

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From Growth to Care // @timjackson.org.uk and Jen Morgan at @gowerst-books.bsky.social —asking what prosperity really means when we move beyond growth and violence, and put care at the centre of the economy. ▶️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/healt... __ cc #TheCareEconomy #ProsperityAsHealth #PostGrowth #Degrowth

From Growth to Care—Tim Jackson in conversation with Jen Morgan | London 18 Mar 2026

Jen Morgan from the NHS Confederation's Q Community talks with Prof Tim Jackson about his book The Care Economy. They explore what prosperity really me ...

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What Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations can teach us about today’s failed energy transitions—Blog by @simonmair.bsky.social → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/... cc #postgrowth #degrowth #capitalism #EnergyTransition #PoliticalEconomy

What Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations can teach us about today’s failed energy transitions | Blog by Simon Mair

Despite three decades of COP climate talks and a boom in renewables, global emissions continue to rise. In this blog, CUSP researcher Simon Mair shows how A ...

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New blog for the CUSP | Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity written by our very own Paul Bain. In this blog, he discusses new evidence that questions whether people truly have insatiable wants. You can read the article here: cusp.ac.uk/themes/s1/pb...

Is modern economics built on a lie? | Guest blog by Paul Bain

In a guest post for CUSP, Paul Bain describes new evidence that questions whether people truly have insatiable wants—and argues that economists' reacti ...

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New CUSP research identifies how to make #postgrowth work globally: financial transfers from North to South + international cooperation. The PADME model shows this prevents debt, inflation & unemployment in the South. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/... #Postgrowth #Degrowth #GlobalJustice

Post-growth and the North-South divide: A stock-flow consistent scenario analysis | Journal paper

An unregulated post-growth transition in the North can cause crises in the South: debt, inflation, unemployment. That's the finding of a new paper by D ...

cusp.ac.uk

The cost of data centres—New FoE Ireland report by CUSP fellow @seanfearon.bsky.social models how the growing data centre demand on the Irish electricity grid is pushing up electricity prices for households across the state. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/... cc #postgrowth #energy

The Cost of Data Centres | FoE Ireland report by Seán Fearon

Commissioned by Beyond Fossil Fuels and Friends of the Earth Ireland, a new report by CUSP research fellow Seán Fearon models how the constant, inflexible, ...

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‘Hidden datacentre tax’ costing Irish households millions, report says

‘Hidden datacentre tax’ costing Irish households millions, report says

Datacentres used 22% of country’s electricity last year, pushing up household bills, study suggests Energy demand by datacentres in Ireland has added hundreds of euros to household electricity bills in a pattern that could be replicated across Europe, according to a report. Ireland’s growing number of datacentres last year used 22% of the country’s electricity, more than all urban homes combined, according to the Central Statistics Office. The equivalent figure in the US and UK is 6%. Continue reading...

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Late capitalism's dangerous endgame has a body count. The obsession with growth at all costs is failing us. In his piece for @iai.tv, @timjackson.org.uk points to another economy that views #ProsperityAsHealth + #EconomyAsCare. Full article via → iai.tv/articles/our... cc #TheCareEconomy #PostGrowth

Our economic system is designed to make us unhappy

<p><em>For decades, we have conflated national success with wealth, using GDP as the ultimate benchmark. But as geopolitical crises mount—from US interventions over oil to intensifying global competit...

iai.tv

Sufficiency and care: a conversation between @timjackson.org.uk, Halliki Kreinin and Jonas Ludwig about organising principles for sustainability research and action in times of geopolitical crises. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/healt... cc #TheCareEconomy #ProsperityAsHealth #PostGrowth #Degrowth #Sufficiency

Sufficiency and care: a conversation about organising principles in times of crisis | Journal article

What does prosperity really mean? For CUSP co-director Prof Tim Jackson, the answer lies not in wealth but in health—and in the principle of care. In a rece ...

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Economieboeken zijn opgebouwd rond het begrip schaarste: die bestaat omdat mensen onbeperkte wensen hebben in een wereld met beperkte hulpbronnen. Paul Bain ging het eens na, en zag dat het meer ideologie dan realiteit is: het 'bewijs' dat mensen onverzadigbare wensen hebben deugt van geen kant.

CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre@cusp.ac.uk · 2mo ago

Is modern economics built on a lie?—In a guest post for CUSP, Paul Bain describes new evidence that questions whether people truly have insatiable wants—and argues that economists' reactions to that evidence lay bare the field's deep ideological roots. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/s1/pb... cc #postgrowth

"Despite strong statements that economic wants are insatiable, the same texts are embarrassingly silent when it comes to evidence."

CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre@cusp.ac.uk · 2mo ago

Is modern economics built on a lie?—In a guest post for CUSP, Paul Bain describes new evidence that questions whether people truly have insatiable wants—and argues that economists' reactions to that evidence lay bare the field's deep ideological roots. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/s1/pb... cc #postgrowth

Is modern economics built on a lie?—In a guest post for CUSP, Paul Bain describes new evidence that questions whether people truly have insatiable wants—and argues that economists' reactions to that evidence lay bare the field's deep ideological roots. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/s1/pb... cc #postgrowth

Is modern economics built on a lie? | Guest blog by Paul Bain

In his guest blog for CUSP, Paul Bain describes new evidence that questions whether people have insatiable economic wants, and how economists’ reactions to ...

cusp.ac.uk

Sufficiency and care: a conversation between @timjackson.org.uk, Halliki Kreinin and Jonas Ludwig about organising principles for sustainability research and action in times of geopolitical crises. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/healt... cc #TheCareEconomy #ProsperityAsHealth #PostGrowth #Degrowth #Sufficiency

Sufficiency and care: a conversation about organising principles in times of crisis | Journal article

What does prosperity really mean? For CUSP co-director Prof Tim Jackson, the answer lies not in wealth but in health—and in the principle of care. In a rece ...

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“Prosperity is not about wealth, it’s about health. Care, in all its forms, underpins a vibrant life. Yet in today’s economy, it is undervalued, underpaid and often overlooked.” Briony Lipton on The Care Economy by @timjackson.org.uk @politybooks.bsky.social buff.ly/PMV4tub

Late capitalism's dangerous endgame has a body count. The obsession with growth at all costs is failing us. In his piece for @iai.tv, @timjackson.org.uk points to another economy that views #ProsperityAsHealth + #EconomyAsCare. Full article via → iai.tv/articles/our... cc #TheCareEconomy #PostGrowth

Our economic system is designed to make us unhappy

<p><em>For decades, we have conflated national success with wealth, using GDP as the ultimate benchmark. But as geopolitical crises mount—from US interventions over oil to intensifying global competit...

iai.tv

"'Growth, growth, growth' is the most persistent political mantra of the post-war era," writes Ecological economist Tim Jackson. | https://bit.ly/4curBVv Tap the link to read more about why growth-at-all-costs capitalism really runs on disappointment.

"Despite decades of stated commitment to prevention, early intervention and person-centred care, outcomes have not kept pace with ambition" @timjackson.org.uk @cusp.ac.uk for #NHS2048. Read the policy summary: www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/pros... And the full working paper cusp.ac.uk/themes/healt...

From Growth to Care // @timjackson.org.uk and Jen Morgan at @gowerst-books.bsky.social —asking what prosperity really means when we move beyond growth and violence, and put care at the centre of the economy. ▶️ cusp.ac.uk/themes/healt... __ cc #TheCareEconomy #ProsperityAsHealth #PostGrowth #Degrowth

From Growth to Care—Tim Jackson in conversation with Jen Morgan | London 18 Mar 2026

Jen Morgan from the NHS Confederation's Q Community talks with Prof Tim Jackson about his book The Care Economy. They explore what prosperity really me ...

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"His team talked about growth being the centre of everything, the core of every department’s mission. They went for wealth, not health." cc @timjackson.org.uk #TheCareEconomy #PostGrowth #ProsperityAsHealth

@chakrabortty.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet? My column on the headline you probably haven't heard, yet which affects you, your family and friends. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If we wouldn’t measure our health using just one indicator, why do we measure economic success that way? — @timjackson.org.uk on BBC Sunday Morning Live cc #BeyondGDP #PlanetaryBoundaries #PostGrowth #Degrowth #ProsperityAshealth #WellbeingEconomy #DoughnutEconomics