Prosperity without growth: foundations for the economy of tomorrow Jackson, Tim

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Jackson, Tim

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TextPublication details: Routledge 2017 LondonEdition: 2nd edDescription: xxxix, 310 pISBN:

9781138935419

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338.927 J2P7-2017

Summary: The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson’s piercing challenge to conventional economics openly questioned the most highly prized goal of politicians and economists alike: the continued pursuit of exponential economic growth. Its findings provoked controversy, inspired debate and led to a new wave of research building on its arguments and conclusions. This substantially revised and re-written edition updates those arguments and considerably expands upon them. Jackson demonstrates that building a ‘post-growth’ economy is a precise, definable and meaningful task. Starting from clear first principles, he sets out the dimensions of that task: the nature of enterprise; the quality of our working lives; the structure of investment; and the role of the money supply. He shows how the economy of tomorrow may be transformed in ways that protect employment, facilitate social investment, reduce inequality and deliver both ecological and financial stability. https://www.routledge.com/Prosperity-without-Growth-Foundations-for-the-Economy-of-Tomorrow-2nd/Jackson/p/book/9781138935419

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Table of Contents:

1 The Limits to Growth
2 Prosperity Lost
3 Redefining Prosperity
4 The Dilemma of Growth
5 The Myth of Decoupling
6 The ‘Iron Cage’ of Consumerism
7 Flourishing – Within Limits
8 Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow
9 Towards a ‘Post-growth’ Macroeconomics
10 The Progressive State
11 A Lasting Prosperity

The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson’s piercing challenge to conventional economics openly questioned the most highly prized goal of politicians and economists alike: the continued pursuit of exponential economic growth. Its findings provoked controversy, inspired debate and led to a new wave of research building on its arguments and conclusions. This substantially revised and re-written edition updates those arguments and considerably expands upon them. Jackson demonstrates that building a ‘post-growth’ economy is a precise, definable and meaningful task. Starting from clear first principles, he sets out the dimensions of that task: the nature of enterprise; the quality of our working lives; the structure of investment; and the role of the money supply. He shows how the economy of tomorrow may be transformed in ways that protect employment, facilitate social investment, reduce inequality and deliver both ecological and financial stability.

https://www.routledge.com/Prosperity-without-Growth-Foundations-for-the-Economy-of-Tomorrow-2nd/Jackson/p/book/9781138935419

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