What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental and
social limits?
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.
Seven years after it was first published, Prosperity without Growth is
no longer a radical narrative whispered by a marginal fringe, but an
essential vision of social progress in a post-crisis world. Fulfilling
that vision is simply the most urgent task of our times.
