Every progressive movement has been built on the anger, needs, and aspirations of the emerging major class. — Guy Standing Anger Copy Share Image
People, in general, want to improve their lives and the lives of their children and other loved ones. — Guy Standing Children 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 Pay Copy Share Image
Most existing national capital funds have been built up from royalties from oil and other minerals. They need not be limited that… — Guy Standing Anything Copy Share Image
What distinguishes a commons is that it is not private property, does not have a price, and is oriented towards 'use value'… — Guy Standing Commons 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
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
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
Retraining for the precariat is stressful and demoralising; often, they learn new tricks only to find them obsolescent or unwanted. — Guy Standing Find 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
Every time a government minister or spokesman lauds Magna Carta, let us boo or hiss. Shame them. And let us celebrate what… — Guy Standing Celebrate 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 Inequality 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
A democratically governed national fracking fund should be set up, perhaps similar to what Norway and Alaska have. Areas of drilling should… — Guy Standing Beyond 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
“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
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
“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
“The importance of ethical governance, exemplified by the Norwegian Pension Fund, is highlighted by a deplorable UK government proposal in 2016 to… — Guy Standing Climate 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
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 Better 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 20th century 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
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
“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
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
The income distribution system constructed in the 20th century has broken down, and it will not come back. — Guy Standing 20th century Copy Share Image
Many in the precariat know they have to spend considerable time just waiting for opportunities to arise. — Guy Standing Arise Copy Share Image
Means-tested benefits have one incredible feature in that they impose huge poverty traps. — Guy Standing Benefits Copy Share Image
People want to work, but they don't want to necessarily want to do labour. — Guy Standing Labour 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
“Without the freedom to make ‘mistakes’, people cannot learn to take control of their lives successfully.” — Guy Standing Freedom Copy Share Image
Growth in village economies is often ignored. It should not be. — Guy Standing Economics 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 Attribute Copy Share Image
Twentieth-century welfare state capitalism was historically unique in that national income was split between wages and profits, labour and capital. — Guy Standing Capitalism Copy Share Image
The precariatised mind is one without anchors, flitting from subject to subject, in the extreme suffering from attention deficit disorder. But it… — Guy Standing Attention Copy Share Image
I don't see basic income as a panacea, but we must have a new income distribution system. The old one has broken… — Guy Standing Broken Copy Share Image
