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Nov 20, 2014 · Economist Guy Standing explains how millions of people are in the precariat, and in defining this emerging class, points to the dangerous political and social consequences as well as the exciting progressive revival that this class could produce.
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Today, the mass class is the precariat, characterized by unstable labor, low and unpredictable incomes, and loss of citizenship rights. It is the new “dangerous class,” partly because its insecurities induce the bitterness, ill-health, and anger that can be the fodder of right-wing populism.
Guy Standing provides an incisive account of how precariousness is becoming the new normality in globalised labour markets, and offers important guidelines for all concerned to build a more just society.
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What is the Precariat | Guy Standing | TEDxPrague. We'd better have nightmares about the future of milions of people who stand on the brim of unsustainable debt.
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Oct 20, 2016 · The precariat is an increasingly global phenomenon, highly visible in the ongoing migrant crisis and protest movements around the world. In a new preface for the Revelations edition Guy...
Jun 5, 2014 · Guy Standing warns that the rapid growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. It is a dangerous class because it is internally divided, leading to the villainisation of migrants and other vulnerable groups.
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precariat is re-engaging in democratic politics. After the neo-liberal dystopia of endless labor and endless consumption, the future is back on the agenda. The precariat could be the vanguard of a new progressive era. Guy Standing is professor of economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
