Growth in village economies is often ignored. It should not be. — Guy Standing Economics Copy Share Image
Nobody should be allowed to fund political parties unless they pay at least 30% tax on all income above the median wage.… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
People in the precariat find themselves in the situation where the level of their education and qualifications is almost always higher than… — Guy Standing Education Copy Share Image
Politicians seem desperate to appeal to their respective versions of the so called 'middle class,' unable to empathise with the precariat and… — Guy Standing Middle class Copy Share Image
Globalisation, technological change, and the move to flexible labour markets has channelled more and more income to rentiers - those owning financial,… — Guy Standing Change Copy Share Image
The precariat can be divided into three further groups - atavists, who look back to a lost past; nostalgics, who look forlornly… — Guy Standing Future Copy Share Image
Retraining for the precariat is stressful and demoralising; often, they learn new tricks only to find them obsolescent or unwanted. — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
In the old 20th-century income distribution system, the shares of income going to capital, mainly in profits, and labor, in wages and… — Guy Standing Income distribution Copy Share Image
The precariat is the first class in history to be losing acquired rights - cultural, civil, social, economic, and political. — Guy Standing Class Copy Share Image
If the scale of gas is anything like the claims made by its advocates, it has major implications for the economy and… — Guy Standing British Copy Share Image
Globalisation began what should be called the Great Convergence, creating a globalising labour market in which wages in emerging market economies slowly… — Guy Standing Europe Copy Share Image
Across Europe, not just in the U.K., the old Beveridge and Bismarckian variants of the welfare state have been dismantled. In their… — Guy Standing Europe Copy Share Image
We need a new model of social protection. Let us accept that jobs are not the magic solution - and that in… — Guy Standing Investing Copy Share Image
Think of a public library, worth more for those who cannot afford numerous books. Think of a public waterway or fishing ground.… — Guy Standing Books Copy Share Image
“Selective paternalism, for those on low incomes or for other groups needing state assistance, is perhaps even worse than general paternalism, since… — Guy Standing Paternalism Copy Share Image
“Although reducing poverty, economic insecurity, malnutrition and ill-health should be the primary driving forces, an additional factor is the stress being placed… — Guy Standing Developing countries Copy Share Image
Magna Carta only came into being in 1217, when the wording had been changed and parts of the original were extended in… — Guy Standing Common man Copy Share Image
“There is an oft-told story of a delegation going to the White House to present President Franklin D. Roosevelt with a policy… — Guy Standing Politics Copy Share Image
“The ethical and philosophical justifications for basic income – social justice, freedom and economic security – have been well established. They are… — Guy Standing Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“In developing country contexts, basic income and cash transfers have been shown to have positive effects on entrepreneurship;3 in Madhya Pradesh, basic… — Guy Standing Business Copy Share Image
“The experience of cash transfer programmes and basic income pilots is that, for the most part, the money is spent on ‘private… — Guy Standing Education Copy Share Image
“Unlike most alternatives, a basic income is a way of reducing poverty without stigmatizing the recipients and making them supplicants. As numerous… — Guy Standing Poverty Copy Share Image
“The Economist has produced a more sophisticated set of ‘back-of-the-envelope’ estimates in an interactive basic income calculator for all OECD countries.4 This… — Guy Standing People with disabilities Copy Share Image
“Environmental pollution is a regressive phenomenon, since the rich can find ways of insulating themselves from bad air, dirty water, loss of… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
In the interests of competitiveness in a globalizing world economy, governments of all complexions introduced labour-market reforms that promoted flexibility but accentuated… — Guy Standing Economics Copy Share Image
Politicians should reflect on the well-documented fact that fearful, insecure people lose their sense of tolerance and altruism. — Guy Standing Altruism Copy Share Image
The evidence shows if you give people security, they become better people. They develop their talents. They become better citizens. — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
Capital is taxed much less than labour; subsidies going to capital, the rich, and middle-income earners greatly exceed the benefits going to… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
If you had a basic income, it would mean that everybody would have a base on top of which their earned income… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
In 1936, John Maynard Keynes predicted the 'euthanasia of the rentier' before the end of the 20th century. It did not happen. — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
The Latin root of 'precariousness' is 'to obtain by prayer.' The precariat must ask for favours, for charity, to show obsequiousness, to… — Guy Standing Authority Copy Share Image
A multi-tier social protection system must be based on a modest basic income so as to enable the precariat to build lives… — Guy Standing Balance Copy Share Image
Think of how much time is spent looking and applying for jobs. Some of those who have read my book on the… — Guy Standing Book Copy Share Image
A rich and diverse commons lowers the cost of living for those who use it. And throughout history, it has been those… — Guy Standing Commons Copy Share Image
If I care for an elderly relative without payment, it is not work, is not counted in national income, and, as it… — Guy Standing Care Copy Share Image
In financial affairs and dealings with the state, those in the precariat are disadvantaged since they are usually less well-informed and have… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
Since the crash of 2008 and during the neoliberal retrenchment known as austerity, many commentators have muttered that the left is dead,… — Guy Standing Democrats Copy Share Image
