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Guy Standing

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February 09, 1948

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Guy Standing is a British professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN).

Standing has written widely in the areas of labour economics, labour market policy, unemployment, labour market flexibility, structural adjustment policies and social protection. His recent work has concerned the emerging precariat class and the need to move towards unconditional basic income and deliberative democracy.

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	The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class 3.90 avg rating — 918 ratings — published 2011 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Pelican Introduction: Basic Income 3.98 avg rating — 526 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Corruption of Capitalism: Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay 4.12 avg rating — 193 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth (Pelican Books) 4.15 avg rating — 156 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Precariat Charter: From Denizens to Citizens 3.84 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2014 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basic Income: A Guide for the Open-Minded 4.15 avg rating — 47 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea 4.11 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Politics of Time: Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty (Pelican Books) 3.77 avg rating — 35 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battling Eight Giants: Basic Income Now: How to End Austerity and Provide for All 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La política del tiempo: Tomar el control en la era de la incertidumbre by Guy Standing, Albino Santos Mosquera (translator) 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“education sold as an investment good that has no economic return for most buyers is, quite simply, a fraud.”
― Guy Standing, The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

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“Why should people with particular skills – always accepting they are skills – live a vastly better economic life than others who have different skills?”
― Guy Standing, The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

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“Without the freedom to make ‘mistakes’, people cannot learn to take control of their lives successfully.”
― Guy Standing, A Pelican Introduction: Basic Income

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