Guy Standing

Guy Standing

Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences; co-founder and now honorary co-president of Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN); and Council member of the Progressive Economy Forum. His books include A Precariat Charter: From Denizens to Citizens, The Corruption of Capitalism: Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay, Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth, and Battling Eight Giants: Basic Income Now.

GTI Contributions
The Era of Rentier Capitalism
GTI Forum
The Era of Rentier Capitalism
Contribution to GTI Forum Which Future Are We Living In?
November 2022

Big Tech Meets Big Finance
GTI Forum
Big Tech Meets Big Finance
Contribution to GTI Forum Technology and the Future
February 2022

The Case for a Basic Income
GTI Forum
The Case for a Basic Income
Opening essay for GTI Forum Universal Basic Income: Has the Time Come?
November 2020

Response to Comments
GTI Forum
Response to Comments
November 2020

Class Politics Fit for the Times
GTI Forum
Class Politics Fit for the Times
Contribution to GTI Forum Planetize the Movement!
April 2020

Roundtable contribution to Planetizing the Labor Movement - Guy Standing
Roundtable
Contribution to GTI Roundtable Planetizing the Labor Movement
An exchange on the essay Workers of the World Unite (At Last)
April 2019
Unions need to abandon the laborist “full employment” paradigm and embrace a more radical liberatory politics.

The Precariat: Today's Transformative Class?
Essay
The Precariat: Today's Transformative Class?
October 2018
Global capitalism is roiling class structure and forging a new mass class of precarious workers. The fight for a universal basic income can help catalyze this “precariat” as a transformative change agent.

Author's Response: Debating the Precariat
Roundtable
Author's Response to GTI Roundtable Debating the Precariat
October 2018
Guy Standing addresses points raised by the contributors to this roundtable.