Tim Jackson — "The God-Shaped Hole"

Express Change

09-04-2024 • 28 mins

Tim Jackson is an ecological economist and playwright. Since 2016 he has been Director of the Center for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP). CUSP is a multidisciplinary research center which aims to understand the economic, social and political dimensions of sustainable prosperity. Its guiding vision for prosperity is one in which people everywhere have the capability to flourish as human beings – within the ecological and resource constraints of a finite planet.

Tim’s website: https://timjackson.org.uk

CUSP at the University of Surrey: https://cusp.ac.uk/

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From our conversation:

A starting point to read about 'physics envy': https://aeon.co/ideas/few-things-are-as-dangerous-as-economists-with-physics-envy

About the film Nyad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyad_(film)

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Express Change is hosted and produced by Marina Gattás and Martin Oetting, with the team at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. Find out more at https://weall.org and https://martinoetting.com