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  • The Value of a Whale: on the illusions of green capitalism—A conversation with Adrienne Buller | London, date tbc
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    The Value of a Whale: on the illusions of green capitalism—A conversation with Adrienne Buller | London, date tbc

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The Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) is a cutting-edge research organisation core-funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council and the Laudes Foundation. It takes the form of a rich international network, drawing together expert partners from academic and non-academic institutions as co-producers of the work programme. The overall research question is: What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental, social and economic limits?—We work with people, policy and business to address this question, developing pragmatic steps towards a shared and lasting prosperity.

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Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity
University of Surrey
Guildford GU2 7XH

Email: info@cusp.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1483 684316

 

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"In much of [our] talking, thinking is half murder
"In much of [our] talking, thinking is half murdered. For thought is a bird of space, tat in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly."—Kahlil Gibran, 1923⁠
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#QuoteOfTheDay #KahlilGibran #OnTalking #TheProphet #Wisdom #CriticalThinking #Mindfulness #PhilosophicalQuotes #IntellectualHistory


🎙️Corporate Bodies: New podcast series about
🎙️Corporate Bodies: New podcast series about the strange world of #work.⁠
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Episode 3—Creating the Body | What happens when you accept an employment contract? What are the unspoken and unexamined things that happen when a new person is recruited into an organisation? In this third episode of Corporate Bodies, Mark Walton and Kate Swade explore the feudal history of employment contracting, and how that plays out in working cultures today. ⁠
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Full episode via ➡️ cusp.ac.uk or wherever you get your podcasts from (🔝 or follow link in bio).⁠
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Kate and Mark are joined by @liambarringtonbush, the founder of @radHRorg, to explore the challenges and dangers of not looking closely enough at how we welcome new people into companies. In a wide ranging conversation, they cover the problems with traditional recruitment processes, the optimum size of organisations, and the “exponential complexity” of bringing new people into a team.⁠
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They talk about the impact of practices from social movement spaces becoming more mainstream, and it’s important to consider power when thinking about new ways of working. The conversation includes some practical steps organisations can take today as well as some larger and more challenging provocations. ⁠
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cc #CorporateBodiesPodcast #WorkplaceCulture #Podcast #OrganisationalDevelopment #NewPodcast #NewEconomics #SustainableBusiness #AlternativeBusiness #SocialEnterprise #SocEnt #wellbeingeconomy #TheCareEconomy @wellbeingeconomyalliance @sharedassets⁠
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Corporate Bodies is a production by Mark Walton and Kate Swade, edited by @_katierevell. Artwork by @hanorbb. Supported by @CUSP_uk.⁠


New research from Oxford and CUSP analysed 14,000+
New research from Oxford and CUSP analysed 14,000+ care homes across England—and found a clear pattern: for-profit homes deliver better care when more residents pay privately.⁠
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In contrast, public and not-for-profit homes offer more consistent quality regardless of how care is funded—often outperforming for-profits when no self-funders are present.⁠
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These findings raise serious equity concerns. If quality depends on ability to pay, then wealthier areas may be getting better care—deepening inequalities in the social care system.⁠
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📄 Full study via cusp.ac.uk⁠
🔗 Link in bio⁠
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cc #SocialCare #CareInequality #HealthEquity #AdultSocialCare #CareHomes #ResidentialCare #Inequality #PublicPolicy #CarelessEconomy #CareEconomy #SustainableWelfare #WelfareJustice⁠
#SocialPolicy #PublicHealthResearch


“We’ve built an economy that profits from maki
“We’ve built an economy that profits from making us sick—and calls it progress.” ⁠
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In this episode of Cities 1.5, economist and author @ProfTimJackson joins former Mayor of Toronto, David Miller, to challenge the foundations of our growth-obsessed system. ⁠
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He asks:⁠
→ What if prosperity meant balance, not more?⁠
→ What if care—not consumption—defined economic success?⁠
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Drawing from his new book #TheCareEconomy, Tim explains how we’ve normalised chronic illness, environmental degradation, war and inequality by prioritising GDP over wellbeing. He shares a bold vision of an economy rooted in health, care, and human dignity—and how cities can lead this shift.⁠
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🧠 “Health is balance. Care is the attention we give to restore that balance. Capitalism disrupts that—because care takes time.”⁠
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🎧 The full podcast is available via the University of Toronto Press website, and can be found on the usual podcast platforms.⁠
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🔗 Link in bio.⁠
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cc #CareEconomy #PostGrowth #WellbeingEconomy #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #LifeAfterCapitalism #Degrowth #BeyondGrowth #PostWachstum #ÖkonomieDerFürsorge #WohlstandOhneWachstum #Postcroissance #Decroissance #decrecimiento #HealthEconomics #Medicalisation #OverMedicalisation #Financialisation #Naturopathy #healingpowerofnature #Care #Cure #PhilosophyOfCare #RethinkingProsperity @sociologysurrey HT @utpress ⁠
@c40cities cc @wellbeingeconomyalliance @politybooks ⁠@oekomverlag⁠ @ffc_commission⁠


“Care is the foundation for life itself. But in
“Care is the foundation for life itself. But in the market, it’s treated as a second-class citizen.”⁠
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In his new book »The Care Economy« CUSP director and renowned ecological economist @ProfTimJackson offers a timely and deeply personal manifesto for a more humane future—one where care is central, not sidelined. From the rising burden of chronic disease to the gender politics of care, this book confronts the structural violence baked into our pursuit of growth at all costs.⁠
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💡 What if we designed our economy to heal—not harm?⁠
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Irreverent, insightful, and boldly hopeful, #TheCareEconomy is now available in the US and globally.⁠
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Further details and discount code for the English edition via ➡️ the-care-economy.com⁠
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cc #PostGrowth #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #HumanRights #BeyondGrowth #Degrowth #ÖkonomieDerFürsorge #WellbeingEconomy #CareEconomy⁠
#Postwachstum #PostCroissance #Omgroei #PostCrecimiento #LifeAfterCapitalism #Decroissance #Decrecimiento #SystemChange #BigFood #BigPharma #HolisticMedicine #EcologicalEconomics #RethinkingEconomics #NewEconomics #GrowthDependency #RethinkingProsperity #PostConsumerism #DoughnutEconomics #SustainableWelfare cc @politybooks @wellbeingeconomyalliance @sociologysurrey @institutesustainability


"Totalitarian politics … use and abuse their own
"Totalitarian politics ... use and abuse their own ideological and political elements until the basis of factual reality, from which the ideologies originally derived their strength and their propaganda value ... have all but disappeared."—Hannah Arendt, 1967⁠
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#QuoteOfTheDay #HannahArendt #CriticalThinking #Totalitarianism #TheOriginsOfTotalitarianism #TheLifeOfTheMind #BanalityOfEvil #MenInDarkTimes #Wisdom #Reflection #HumanCivilisation #Humanity #HumanRights #Politics #Peace #Futures


🎙️Corporate Bodies: Podcast series about the
🎙️Corporate Bodies: Podcast series about the strange world of #work.⁠
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Episode 2—The head and brain | How do decisions get made in an organisation? Who has power and control—and are they the same people who bear the consequences of their decisions? In this second episode of Corporate Bodies, we explore governance and limited liability—a form of legal protection for shareholders and owners of companies that prevents individuals from being held personally responsible for their company's debts or financial losses.⁠
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Full episode via ➡️ cusp.ac.uk or wherever you get your podcasts from (🔝 or follow link in bio).⁠
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Limited liability is something Kate and Mark previously identified as one of the “original sins” that impacts the way we run companies today. Here, they talk about their own experience of how power shifted at Shared Assets in a moment of crisis. ⁠
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They also interview Sarah McAdam, a Co-Steward at the Transformational Governance Collective, who talks about how we can take a much wider view of governance, what healthy power looks like, how we can distribute power more widely in organisations, and whether we should be able to consent to giving and receiving power. ⁠
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cc #CorporateBodiesPodcast #WorkplaceCulture #Podcast #OrganisationalDevelopment #NewEconomics #SustainableBusiness #AlternativeBusiness #SocialEnterprise #SocEnt #wellbeingeconomy #TheCareEconomy @sharedassets⁠
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Corporate Bodies is a production by Mark Walton and Kate Swade, edited by @_katierevell. Artwork by @hanorbb. Supported by @CUSP_uk.⁠


📣 It’s time to stop chasing growth for growth
📣 It’s time to stop chasing growth for growth’s sake.⁠
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In his latest article for the New Statesman, CUSP co-director @ProfTimJackson lays it out plainly: calling for growth is not the same as delivering it—and more importantly, it’s not the same as building a liveable society for all.⁠
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Decades of GDP obsession have failed to deliver meaningful progress for people or the planet. We urgently need to move beyond the broken logic of expansion-at-all-costs and start designing an economy that places care and human dignity at its centre.⁠
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An economy that understands health not as a commodity, but as a balance. That sees care not as a cost, but as the foundation of a just and resilient society.⁠
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📖 Read the article:⁠
newstatesman.com/spotlight/economic-growth/2025/03/calling-for-growth-is-not-the-same-as-delivering-it⁠
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#PostGrowth #TimJackson #BeyondGrowth #WellbeingEconomy #EcologicalEconomics #CareEconomy #SystemChange #NewStatesman #PolicyReform #EndOfGDP #ReimagineEconomics #TheCareEconomy #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #WohlstandOhneWachstum #ÖkonomieDerFürsorge #Degrowth


#HowTheLightGetsIn | CUSP director @ProfTimJackson
#HowTheLightGetsIn | CUSP director @ProfTimJackson will be speaking at this year’s @howthelightgetsinfestival in Hay-on-Wye⁠
—a unique philosophy and music festival bringing together leading thinkers, writers, musicians, and performers for a weekend of ideas and inspiration.⁠
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🗓️ On Sunday 25 May, Tim joins Ingrid Robeyns and Cahal Moran to "dismantle the jargon-laden fortress of mainstream economic thought and propose bold new frameworks for fairness, sustainability, and human flourishing."⁠
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🗓️ On Monday 26 May, he’ll be in conversation with Catherine Liu, hosted by Isabel Hilton, exploring what it means to build an economy that truly values care and wellbeing.⁠
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More info via ➡️ cusp.ac.uk.⁠
🔗 Link in bio⁠
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#TheCareEconomy #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #PostGrowth #LifeAfterCapitalism #Degrowth #BeyondGrowth#SystemChange #WellbeingEconomy #EcologicalEconomics #RethinkingEconomics #NewEconomics #ManagingWithoutGrowth #NewEconomy #GrowthDependency #InclusiveProsperity #RethinkingProsperity #CareEconomy #PhilosophyFestival #Sustainability #HTLGI2025 #HTLGI #HTLGI25


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CUSP is acting as the secretariat for the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Limits to Growth. The APPG provides a platform for cross-party dialogue and collaboration on shared and lasting prosperity in a world of environmental, social and economic limits. It aims to contribute to a growing international debate on redefining prosperity and developing new measures of progress. The APPG is chaired by Caroline Lucas MP and Clive Lewis MP, and its membership is drawn from both Houses and all main political parties.

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