Tim Jackson’s ground-breaking book Prosperity without Growth stands as an eloquent summary of the key ideas and core vision of his research and policy work over three decades. It was first published as a report to the UK government in 2009 and rapidly became a landmark in the sustainability debate, translated into 17 foreign languages.

2011年4月1日 · Prosperity without Growth challenges the embedded, unquestioned assumptions of the global policy of growth and shows that it is necessary—and possible—to have increased and widespread prosperity without economic growth.

2009年11月22日 · Will it deliver prosperity and well-being for a global population projected to reach nine billion? In this explosive book, Tim Jackson a top sustainability adviser to the UK government makes a compelling case against continued economic growth in developed nations.

2016年12月8日 · 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.

‘Economic growth is both unsustainable on a finite planet and undesirable in its failure to continue to improve real welfare. What we need is true prosperity without growth. Why we must have this and how it can be achieved are compellingly explained in this essential work. It is not sacrifice to adopt the measures advocated.

Prosperity without Growth is a 107-plus page report by Prof. Tim Jackson, Univ. of Surrey, England, and published in March 2009 by the Sustainable Development Commis-sion, an executive non-departmental body wholly owned by the British Government.

What is prosperity without growth? It is when humans flourish, achieve greater social cohesion and find higher levels of wellbeing while reducing their material

2017年10月25日 · Throughout this book, Jackson tackles the questions of: What is prosperity? Can greater prosperity be achieved without eroding the basis for the well-beings of others now and in the future? If so, how do we move towards systems that promote prosperity within the confines of a finite world?

PROSPERITY WITHOUT GROWTH: ECONOMICS FOR A FINITE PLANET by Tim Jackson London and Washington DC. Earthscan, 2011, xii + 276 pages "At the heart of this book lies a question. What can prosperity look like in a finite world, with limited resources and a population expected to exceed 9 billion people within decades?"