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Professorial research associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Co-president of BIEN. Author of The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class; A Precariat Charter: From Denizens to Citizens; The Corruption of Capitalism: Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay

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Future of Economic Progress

Here's what 2030 could look like if we got serious on inequality

This is what the world could look like if governments tackled inequality, economic insecurity and an ecologically unsustainable form of capitalism.

20 Jan 2020

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Une autre approche de la mondialisation 4.0 et comment y arriver

À l’approche de la mondialisation 4.0, les biens communs doivent maintenant être sauvés et radicalement revitalisés.

23 Jan 2019

Future of Economic Progress

How a basic income can battle the 8 giants of a faltering economy

A 21st century income distribution system in which a basic income plays a central role could be the key to making Globalization 4.0 work for everyone, argues Guy Standing.

20 Jan 2019

Public Finance and Social Protection

What has a year of experiments taught us about basic income?

An explosion in pilot basic income schemes across North America and Europe shows the idea is beginning to gain a foothold in mainstream politics.

17 Jan 2019

Future of Economic Progress

Una mirada diferente de la Globalización 4.0, y cómo llegar allí

El profesor Richard Baldwin presenta a la Globalización 4.0 como una era próxima dominada por el arbitraje internacional en los servicios. Me gustaría confirmar una perspectiva distinta q...

16 Jan 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

An alternative view of Globalization 4.0, and how to get there

Inspired by economic historian Karl Polanyi, Guy Standing reconsiders the previous phases of globalization and explains what a desirable Globalization 4.0 looks like.

07 Jan 2019

Le pillage de nos biens communs

Les principes fondamentaux de la Charte, à savoir que les biens communs doivent être préservés, ont été malmenés systématiquement avec l'évolution du capitalisme.

25 Jan 2018

Inclusive Growth Framework

The Precariat are not the left behind

The new, precarious social class can be split into three groups, writes Guy Standing: atavists, nostalgics and progressives.

21 Jan 2018

Future of Economic Progress

The plunder of the commons

From forests to city squares, parks to libraries, our common spaces are under attack, writes Guy Standing.

12 Jan 2018

Future of Economic Progress

Las 5 mentiras más grandes del capitalismo global

Guy Standing desacredita los fundamentos del capitalismo de mercado libre.

15 Jan 2017

Global Economic Imbalances

The precariat, populism and robots: is basic income a political imperative?

The time has come for a new income distribution system - one that boosts real wages and tackles automation and populism head on, writes Guy Standing.

20 Dec 2016

Workforce and Employment

The 5 biggest lies of global capitalism

From free markets to patents, the cornerstones of globalization are dangerous delusions, says Guy Standing in the second of his three-part series on modern capitalism.

12 Dec 2016

Youth Perspectives

Meet the precariat, the new global class fuelling the rise of populism

Zero-hour contracts, unpaid internships and the sharing economy are driving an entire demographic towards the far right.

09 Nov 2016