If you had a basic income, it would mean that everybody would have a base on top of which their earned income would be taxed at the standard rate of tax. That would increase the incentive to take low-wage jobs. — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
“The ethical and philosophical justifications for basic income – social justice, freedom and economic security – have been well established. They are embedded in… — Guy Standing Copy Share
What we can say with confidence is that the technological revolution is worsening inequality, due mostly to mechanisms that limit free markets. It is… — Guy Standing Copy Share
“While there are reasons to be sceptical about the predicted technological dystopia that has prompted many high-tech plutocrats to come out in support of… — Guy Standing Copy Share
“Selective paternalism, for those on low incomes or for other groups needing state assistance, is perhaps even worse than general paternalism, since the minority… — Guy Standing Copy Share
A democratically governed national fracking fund should be set up, perhaps similar to what Norway and Alaska have. Areas of drilling should be rented… — Guy Standing Copy Share
Many low-income people in the U.S.A. charged with a crime opt to plead guilty to a lesser offence because they cannot afford to go… — Guy Standing Copy Share
“Ironically, opponents of basic income on the grounds that it would lead to a dismantling of the welfare state tend to support some variant… — Guy Standing Copy Share
Globalisation began what should be called the Great Convergence, creating a globalising labour market in which wages in emerging market economies slowly converge with… — Guy Standing Copy Share
“Although reducing poverty, economic insecurity, malnutrition and ill-health should be the primary driving forces, an additional factor is the stress being placed on societies… — Guy Standing Copy Share
“The first basic income pilot in a developing country was implemented in the small Namibian village of Otjivero-Omitara in 2008–9, covering about 1,000 people.40… — Guy Standing Copy Share
“Leaving aside instrumental reasons for supporting a basic income, the thrill lies in the potential to advance full freedom and social justice, and the… — Guy Standing Copy Share
“Reformers must be able to pre-empt the expected jibes over lack of ‘reciprocity’, affordability, inducement to laziness, ‘something for nothing’ and cash for the… — Guy Standing Copy Share
“The importance of ethical governance, exemplified by the Norwegian Pension Fund, is highlighted by a deplorable UK government proposal in 2016 to set up… — Guy Standing Copy Share
If the scale of gas is anything like the claims made by its advocates, it has major implications for the economy and British society.… — Guy Standing Copy Share
