“The importance of ethical governance, exemplified by the Norwegian Pension Fund, is highlighted by a deplorable UK government proposal in 2016 to… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
Every time a government minister or spokesman lauds Magna Carta, let us boo or hiss. Shame them. And let us celebrate what… — 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 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
Politicians should reflect on the well-documented fact that fearful, insecure people lose their sense of tolerance and altruism. — Guy Standing 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 Copy Share Image
Successive governments in the U.K. have worked to create a more flexible labour market, which also meant labour insecurity. They allowed wages… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
“The ‘republican’ variant is that freedom must mean non-domination. Stemming from Aristotle, republican freedom requires freedom from potential domination as well as… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
Using political power, the elite can induce local authorities to facilitate enclosure and privatisation of land, water, and other hitherto public amenities.… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
Since all political parties blame the others for the economic mess, it is unfair to attribute unemployment to individual behaviour. — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
Corporations and financiers have used their growing influence to induce governments and international organizations to construct a global framework of institutions and… — Guy Standing 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 Copy Share Image
“Politicians must find a way – or several ways for different groups – of framing basic income so as to outflank critics… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
