The precariat has been losing cultural rights in that those in it feel they cannot and do not belong to any community… — Guy Standing Community Copy Share Image
A person looking after a frail former lover is not working and not contributing to economic growth. But if he or she… — Guy Standing Economic growth Copy Share Image
“In a 2016 book widely publicized in the US, Stern claimed that 58 per cent of all jobs would be automated eventually,… — Guy Standing Books Copy Share Image
“PROFESSOR’S TEASER Here is an interesting teaser from Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw, in a blog post entitled ‘A quick note on… — Guy Standing Flat tax 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
The claim that if people had a basic income they would become lazy is prejudiced and has been refuted many times in… — Guy Standing Become 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
Think how modern economics presents work. Only labour that contributes to growth counts. — Guy Standing Economics Copy Share Image
“What is the ethical or philosophical justification for a basic income? A fundamental claim is that it is an instrument of social… — Guy Standing Character 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
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 IP system is an artificial construct that excessively rewards owners of intellectual property, granting them monopolies over inventions and ideas that,… — Guy Standing Ideas 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
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
Millions of people in many so-called democratic countries have lost the right to vote, or never obtain it. And millions clearly feel… — Guy Standing Democracy Copy Share Image
What we need is a slow time movement to gain control over time and an overhaul of work statistics to give a… — Guy Standing Control Copy Share Image
“Recent research has shown that lack of basic security impairs mental as well as physical health, triggers various psychological disorders and reduces… — Guy Standing Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Chronic insecurity will not be overcome by minimum wage laws, tax credits, means-tested benefits, or workfare. — Guy Standing Insecurity Copy Share Image
“One reason given for supporting guaranteed jobs is that surveys suggest unemployed people are less happy than people with jobs. This is… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
“In an innovative proposal linked to basic income that has attracted interest across the European Union, Philippe van Parijs has suggested that… — Guy Standing European union Copy Share Image
The precariat consists of a growing proportion of our total society. It is being habituated to accept a life of unstable labour… — Guy Standing Accept Copy Share Image
“The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), which compared ‘food versus cash’ in four countries, found that in three of the four –… — Guy Standing Civil war Copy Share Image
“In Lebanon, home to well over a million Syrian refugees, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) decided to use its limited ‘winterization’ funds… — Guy Standing Food security 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
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
