Prosperity Without Growth Quotes

“The overriding aim of this book is to seek viable responses to the biggest dilemma of our times: reconciling our aspirations for the good life with the constraints of a finite planet.”
― Tim Jackson, Prosperity without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet

“Schwartz suggests that our values are structured around these two distinct tensions (Figure 7.2) in our psychological make-up: between selfishness (self-enhancement, in Schwartz’s scheme) and altruism (self-transcendence) on the one hand, and between novelty (or openness to change) and tradition (or conservation) on the other.39”
― Tim Jackson, Prosperity without Growth: Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow