Will prosperity ever be measured in health not wealth? And what might an economy organised around care, rather than growth truly look like?

Care is the foundation of our lives and societies but in the markets it remains sidelined, its value and labour too often forgotten in the relentless rush for productivity and wealth.

At the Conduit, renowned ecological economist Tim Jackson, in conversation with renegade economist Kate Raworth, will explore how we arrived in this dysfunctional place and what we can do to change it. From the state of our healthcare and planetary systems, to our troubled relationships with patriarchy and profit, we will discover why a new economics guided by care for people and the planet is not only possible, but so urgently needed.

Speakers:

Tim Jackson is Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey in the UK. For over three decades, he has pioneered research on the moral, economic and social dimensions of prosperity on a finite planet. His landmark book Prosperity without Growth (2009/2017) was a Financial Times book of the year, and UnHerd’s book of the decade. It appeared in 17 foreign language editions worldwide. In 2016, he was awarded the Hillary Laureate for exceptional international leadership in sustainability. In addition to his academic work, Tim is an award-winning dramatist with numerous radio-writing credits for the BBC.

Kate Raworth is an economist focused on making economics fit for the 21st century’s social and ecological realities. She is the author of the best-selling book Doughnut Economics: seven ways to think like a 21st century economist, which has been published in over 20 languages. She is also co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab, and Senior Teaching Fellow at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute.