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Held Hostage—How Big Food is still hijacking public health and undermining...

Two years on from The False Economy of Big Food, the UK’s food system remains locked in a costly contradiction: while unhealthy diets drive almost £300 billion a year in health, social and economic...

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The False Economy of Big Food—2026 Update

This report by Tim Jackson revisits two questions about the UK food system: what does diet-related ill health cost the nation, and what would it take to ensure everyone can afford a healthy diet? It...

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Why short-term growth mindset can put business at risk | EY podcast

What happens when traditional measures of economic success fail to account for the depletion of the natural systems businesses depend upon? In this EY podcast, Nadia Woodhouse speaks with Prof Tim...

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HM Treasury and the economics of climate and nature | EAC evidence submission

The EAC is currently examining HM Treasury’s role in shaping the UK’s response to climate change and nature loss, including how long-term environmental risks are assessed in public investment. In...

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Confronting extractivism | 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 capitalism and highlights the changes needed for...

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Post-growth and the North-South divide: A stock-flow consistent scenario...

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 Dario Leoni, Andrew Jackson and Tim Jackson. Their...

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L’economia de la cura | Catalan translation of The Care Economy now published...

Tim Jackson's "The Care Economy" now in Catalan from Arcàdia. A radical vision of prosperity rooted in health, not wealth. Translated by Anna Llisterri. With cover art by Joan Fontcuberta.

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Sufficiency and care: a conversation about organising principles for...

What does prosperity really mean? For Tim Jackson, the answer lies not in wealth but in health—and in the principle of care. In a recent discussion inspired by his new book The Care Economy (2025) and...

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Obsessed with Growth—late capitalism’s dangerous endgame | iai article

Late capitalism's dangerous endgame has a body count. The mantra of growth is failing us. Not because we haven't tried hard enough. But because it's built on broken promises. In his blog for the...

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Prosperity as Health—Recentring Care to Guide Health System Reform | Paper by...

Chronic disease, early onset multimorbidity and widening inequality aren't healthcare failures—they reflect the conditions in which health is produced. Tim Jackson's working paper for Enlighten's NHS...

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From Growth to Care | Tim Jackson in conversation with Jen Morgan

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 means—moving beyond growth to ask: what if the...

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Why we need an economy of care for a liveable future | Keynote at University...

In his presentation at the University of Riga, Tim Jackson argues that prosperity as wealth is failing us—and proposes a radical alternative: prosperity as health, economy as care. A keynote exploring...

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Does economic growth harm the planet? | BBC Sunday Morning Live debate with...

Tim Jackson joined BBC One’s Sunday Morning Live for a live debate on whether economic growth harms the planet, following renewed international discussion about moving beyond GDP as the main measure of...

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La croissance vous rend malheureux… mais comment s’en passer? |Élucid Media...

In this interview with Olivier Berruyer for Élucid, Tim Jackson explores how capitalism has made growth and consumption central to our idea of happiness—while relying on permanent dissatisfaction to...

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Prosperity as health: Why we need an economy of care for a liveable future |...

Climate breakdown should be understood as a profound abdication of care, argues Tim Jackson in an opinion piece commissioned for the British Medical Journal's (BMJ’s) new year special issue on climate...

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Cry of the Bittern | BBC radio drama series by Tim Jackson re-released as...

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...

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The Care Economy: Redefining Prosperity in a World Beyond Growth | ERC webinar

Tim Jackson speaking at the Economic Research Council about The Care Economy, exploring how valuing care as a social and economic foundation can reshape our understanding of prosperity, community, and...

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Why care is the foundation of a thriving society

Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani speaks with Tim to explore why modern economics often overlooks care work, how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the essential foundations of society, and what a truly sustainable,...

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Life after Growth | Leven na de groei podcast

During a recent visit to the Netherlands, Tim Jackson joined Paul Schenderling for a conversation on post-growth economics, ecological limits, and the future of prosperity. The discussion explores...

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Can there be prosperity without growth? | Keynote at Utrecht University, Sept...

Under capitalism, we have learned that more is always better: more innovation, more consumption, more wealth. But we can’t keep growing forever, we need to build a postgrowth society, where economic...

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