Tim Jackson (economist)

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Tim Jackson (born June 4, 1957 ) is a British natural scientist and Professor of Sustainable Development at the Center for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Surrey . He is director of the Center for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional research consortium. He gained notoriety for the bestseller Wealth Without Growth .

Life

Jackson studied mathematics, philosophy and physics and is a playwright in addition to his scientific work. His current research projects include the ESRC fellowship program Prosperity and Sustainability in the Green Economy (PASSAGE).

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Tim Jackson on his book Prosperity Without Growth - The Update at the Heinrich Böll Foundation , 2017

Jackson designs an economic model in his works that gets by without growth . He is calling for an adaptation of the ruling capitalism , which is based on constant growth and "in complete contradiction to our scientific knowledge about the finite resource base of our planet and the fault-prone ecology on which our survival depends". He advocates the development of an economy that relies heavily on services and locally produced sustainable goods.

This development provides for reduced working hours , which on the one hand increase the well-being of the employees and on the other hand are intended to reduce the continuous, growth-generating increase in productivity ( growth critique ). Advertising on public television should be drastically restricted. More investments should be made in public goods such as museums, parks and educational institutions. It is important to Jackson "that people are offered viable alternatives to the lifestyle as a consumer."

“Living a good life on a finite planet cannot consist of consuming more and more goods, nor of accumulating more and more debt. Because if the concept of prosperity is to have any meaning, then it has to target the quality of our lives and our relationships with other people, the adaptability and resilience of our communities and our feeling for what means something to us individually and collectively. "

- We Insatiable In: The Time. No. 44/2011

Publications

  • 1996: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI, ed.): Material concerns: pollution, profit, and quality of life. Routledge, London / New York, ISBN 0-415-13249-5
  • 2005: Motivating Sustainable Consumption: a review of evidence on consumer behavior and behavioral change. Policy Studies Institute, London, ISBN 1-84407-164-2
  • 2010, with M. Pepper: Consumerism as Theodicy - an exploration of religions and secular meaning functions. In: L. Thomas (Ed.): Consuming Paradise. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010
  • 2011: Prosperity without growth - living and doing business in a finite world. Edited by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Oekom, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-86581-245-2
  • We passed and in the end there were tears. In: Der Spiegel Online. April 17, 2011, accessed August 28, 2011 .
  • Prosperity is not just about income. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 18, 2011, accessed August 28, 2011 .
  • Capitalism: we insatiable. In: Die Zeit Online. October 31, 2011, accessed November 1, 2011 .
  • 2013, with Peter Victor: Developing an Ecological Macroeconomics.
    • with Metcalf Foundation : Green economy at community scale. Toronto November 2013
    • 2014: Does slow growth increase inequality? Some reflections on Piketty's 'fundamental' laws of capitalism. In: PASSAGE Working Paper. 14-01, * University of Surrey Guildford
    • with Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy : Fear eats up the soul - escaping the 'iron cage' of consumerism. In: Wuppertal Special. Volume 48
  • 2016: Prosperity without Growth - Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow . Second Edition Routledge , ISBN 978-1-13893-541-9
    • 2017: Prosperity Without Growth - The Update . oekom verlag, Munich, ISBN = 978-3-86581-840-9 (new edition for the 2nd edition of the English original, translation: Eva Leiprand)

Web links

Commons : Tim Jackson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CUSP website. Retrieved June 11, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Tim Jackson biography on official website, last visited: September 24, 2014.
  3. ↑ List and audio of Tim Jackson's BBC radio plays, last viewed: September 24, 2014.
  4. ^ Prosperity and Sustainability in the Green Economy. In: org.uk. prosperitas.org.uk, accessed September 24, 2014 (UK English).
  5. ↑ Capitalism: We Insatiable. In: Die Zeit Online. October 31, 2011, accessed November 1, 2011 .
  6. ^ A b Friederike von Tiesenhausen: Tim Jackson and prosperity without growth. Financial Times Deutschland , April 19, 2011, archived from the original on April 27, 2011 ; Retrieved August 28, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Tim Jackson: Capitalism: We Insatiable. In: Die Zeit Online. October 31, 2011, accessed May 5, 2015 .
  8. ↑ cigionline.org
  9. ↑ metcalffoundation.com (PDF)
  10. ↑ prosperitas.org.uk (PDF)
  11. ↑ sustainablelifestyles.ac.uk (PDF)
  12. ↑ oekom.de
personal data
SURNAME Jackson, Tim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British professor at the Center for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey
DATE OF BIRTH June 4th 1957