Ideas change everything

An economic reality check

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Tim Jackson |

TEDGlobal 2010

• July 2010

As the world faces recession, climate change, inequity and more, Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future.

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As the world faces recession, climate change, inequity and more, Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future.

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Tim Jackson is a British ecological economist and professor for sustainable development at the University of Surrey. He is the author of "Prosperity without Growth" and director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity.

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Tim Jackson and his team share their latest efforts to build an environmentally friendly and prosperous society at sustainablelifestyles.ac.uk.

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