Tim Jackson quotes

Productivity-the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy-is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money. The quest for increased productivity occupies reams of academic literature and haunts the waking hours of C.E.O.s and finance ministers. (Tim Jackson)
It is the accuracy and detail inherent in crafted goods that endows them with lasting value. It is the time and attention paid by the carpenter, the seamstress and the tailor that makes this detail possible. View quote
Tim Jackson
Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us. View quote
Tim Jackson
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. View quote
Tim Jackson
The idea of a non-growing economy may be an anathema to an economist. But the idea of a continually growing economy is an anathema to an ecologist. View quote
Tim Jackson
Questioning growth is deemed to be the act of lunatics, idealists and revolutionaries. But question it we must. View quote
Tim Jackson