Public social services, infrastructural policies, and so on are vital. But a basic income should be part of a package of reforms. — Guy Standing Part Copy Share Image
If schooling becomes little more than preparation for the job market and consumption, it cannot produce socially responsible and altruistic citizens. — Guy Standing Becomes 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
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 is today's mass class, which is both dangerous, in rejecting old political party agendas, and transformative, in wanting to become… — Guy Standing Abolish 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 Elite Copy Share Image
“In October 2016, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said: The use of cash-based assistance has been a real game changer in… — Guy Standing Immigration Copy Share Image
“In Brazil, from 2008–14, a local NGO, ReCivitas Institute, gave a monthly basic income of about US$9 to 100 residents of Quatinga… — Guy Standing Sao paulo Copy Share Image
Although the precariat does not consist simply of victims, since many in it challenge their parents' labouring ethic, its growth has been… — Guy Standing Faith 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
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
“Politicians must find a way – or several ways for different groups – of framing basic income so as to outflank critics… — Guy Standing Money Copy Share Image
“The financing option favoured by this writer would be to fund a basic income from the construction of sovereign wealth funds, along… — Guy Standing Money Copy Share Image
“Contrary to the preaching of dour labourists, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with a bit of laziness. Great philosophers through the ages… — Guy Standing Laziness Copy Share Image
“Cash transfer schemes that at present are overwhelmingly targeted at ‘the poor’ have the potential to prepare the way for basic income.2… — Guy Standing Basic Income Copy Share Image
“Too often, observers and commentators presume the poor are ‘stupid’, irrational or incapable of making rational decisions. Some enlightened experiments have shown… — Guy Standing Freedom Copy Share Image
“My contention is that a basic income would increase both the amount and the productivity of ‘work’, and could also increase the… — Guy Standing Ancient greek Copy Share Image
“What Is Meant by ‘Basic’? The term ‘basic’ causes a lot of confusion. At the least, it means an amount that would… — Guy Standing Cybersecurity 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
“In India, about half of all poor households do not have a BPL (below-poverty-line) card and about one-third of the non-poor (under… — Guy Standing Family Copy Share Image
“The social justice principles outlined in previous chapters provide a useful checklist for evaluating any policy. To recall, these are: The Security… — Guy Standing Justice Copy Share Image
“As of early 2017, GiveDirectly planned to mobilize $30 million for what it claims will be the largest basic income experiment ever.… — Guy Standing Devil worship Copy Share Image
“Whatever variant of freedom is espoused, a basic income would enhance it. However, in the liberal tradition a basic income would be… — Guy Standing Creative work 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 Freedom Copy Share Image
“a basic income is arguably more justified by the need for economic security than by a desire to eradicate poverty. Martin Luther… — Guy Standing Cybersecurity 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
The precariat faces chronic uncertainty about what to do, about what incomes to expect, about state benefits that might be their due,… — Guy Standing About 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 Corporations 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 Earned 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 Going 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
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 Disadvantaged 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
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
“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
“Environmental pollution is a regressive phenomenon, since the rich can find ways of insulating themselves from bad air, dirty water, loss of… — Guy Standing Air conditioning Copy Share Image