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Does economic growth harm the planet? | BBC Sunday Morning Live debate with Tim Jackson, Daze Aghaji and Andy Mayer
➡️ https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/tj-bbcsml-03-26/

CUSP Director Tim Jackson joined a live debate on BBC Sunday Morning Live to discuss the question: does economic growth harm the planet? The segment followed renewed international calls to move beyond GDP as the primary measure of progress, including recent comments from António Guterres on the need to value environmental sustainability and human wellbeing alongside economic performance.

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“Economic growth has a near mythical status in the affections of economists and politicians. But wishful thinking won’t solve the climate crisis [...] Post-growth economics offers us more choice, more realism and more insight into the possibilities for human prosperity. It’s not about returning to the cave but about breaking free from our intellectual prisons.” — Tim Jackson
➡️ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/feb/09/economic-growth-carbon-emissions-impact-global-heating

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Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out? Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?

Londa School of Economics, not the LSE you are thinking about: Why new economic thinking can—and must—begin at the margins | New blog by Dario Leoni → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/blog-dl-londa-school-of-economics/

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🎧 Just re-released by Penguin Random House: my 30-part ‘environmental thriller’ Cry of the Bittern was originally broadcast as a 30 part serial on BBC Radio 4 and is now available on all major audio streaming platforms. Happy new listening!

➡️ https://timjackson.org.uk/cry-of-the-bittern-penguin/

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