10 Tim Jackson Quotes for You to Enjoy

Tim Jackson

British Economist

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Related authors: Adam Smith Alan Greenspan E. F. Schumacher John Kenneth Galbraith John Maynard Keynes Milton Friedman Paul A. Volcker Thomas Sowell

Firms produce goods for households - that's us - and provide us with incomes, and that's even better, because we can spend those incomes on more goods and services. That's called the circular flow of the economy. Tim Jackson

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Novelty is adaptive when things are changing and you need to adapt yourself. Tradition is essential to lay down the stability to raise families and form cohesive social groups. Tim Jackson

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Questioning growth is deemed to be the act of lunatics, idealists and revolutionaries. But question it we must. Tim Jackson

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Big companies are reliant on institutional investors on a punishing schedule which leads to ruthless behaviour. This form of capitalism with this structure and incentives will never deliver sustainability. Tim Jackson

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The most staggering linguistic turnabout for me is the one that equates green economy with 'sustained economic growth.' Tim Jackson

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The philosophical point is that our happiness and wellbeing is not based on incomes rising. This is not just the wisdom of sages but of ordinary people. Prosperity is more social and psychological: it's about identification, affiliation, participation in society and a sense of purpose. Tim Jackson

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On the mathematical side, you could in principle build a society in which people were fulfilling their needs and flourishing as human beings in a higher way than in a consumer society, provided you had the right investments in the opportunity to flourish in less materialistic ways. Tim Jackson

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We have stood up and said continuing growth in the Western world is unjust, inappropriate and potentially destabilising. Having said that, we understand why governments do it, so there is an onus on us to show there are other stories and to identify the institutional innovations you might need in order to arrive at this other place. Tim Jackson

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The care and concern of one human being for another is a peculiar 'commodity.' It can't be stockpiled. It becomes degraded through trade. It isn't delivered by machines. Its quality rests entirely on the attention paid by one person to another. Even to speak of reducing the time involved is to misunderstand its value. Tim Jackson

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We spend money we don't have, on things we don't need, to make impressions that don't matter. Tim Jackson

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