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
“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
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
“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
“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 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 Gain 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
“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
The income distribution system constructed in the 20th century has broken down, and it will not come back. — Guy Standing Back Copy Share Image
People want to work, but they don't want to necessarily want to do labour. — Guy Standing Labour 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
“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 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
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
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 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
“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
“Without the freedom to make ‘mistakes’, people cannot learn to take control of their lives successfully.” — Guy Standing Freedom 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
Growth in village economies is often ignored. It should not be. — Guy Standing Economics 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 Dangerous 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
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
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
