The essential guide to understanding the real economics behind a universal basic income.
Guy Standing co-founded the Basic Income Earth Network and now serves as its honorary co-President. He has held professorships at the University of Bath and at SOAS, was programme director at the International Labour Organisation and has advised the UN, World Bank and governments around the world on labour and social policy. He is the author of the bestselling The Precariat- The New Dangerous Class (2011) and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has
pioneered our understanding of it - not just of the concept but of
the challenges it is designed to meet: rapid automation and the
emergence of a precarious workforce for whom wages derived from
work will never be enough. As we move into an age where work and
leisure become blurred, and work dissociated from incomes,
Standing's analysis is vital.
*Paul Mason*
Guy Standing's work in this area has been invaluable...I would urge
all parliamentarians to pore over his findings and consider his
conclusions
*Ronnie Cowan MP*
Praise for The Precariat: 'A very important book' Noam Chomsky.
'Buy Guy Standing's book, The Precariat. Or nick / borrow it' John
Harris,
*The Guardian*
In Basic Income, Guy Standing provides a compelling and thoughtful
review of the motivations and options for as well as common
objections to universal basic income, making this an important book
for anyone interested in ensuring we collectively create an
inclusive, human-centered future
*Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the
World Economic Forum*
This is a compelling and thoughtful book that looks into the case
for a universal basic income.
Guy Standing tackles the history behind basic income by presenting
economic, financial, technological, and medical studies that give
us a glimpse about what a world with basic income might look
like.
Economic inequality and ending poverty are some of the defining
issues of our time, Standing's book lays out a future.
*Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator*
For a radical idea to become accepted as common sense, it often
needs a practical guide to the concept and its implementation. This
book makes a significant contribution to the heavy lifting needed
to move basic income from an idea on the periphery to a policy of
the mainstream in a rapidly changing and challenging economy
*John McDonnell MP*
Universal Basic Income may be the most promising social idea of our
time. Guy Standing has been at the forefront of the movement for
nearly 4 decades, and in this superb and thorough survey he
explains how it works and why it has the potential to revitalise
life and democracy in our societies. This is an essential book.
*Brian Eno*
A universal basic income is clearly an idea whose time has come.
Guy Standing's book powerfully explains why and also makes the
ethical and ecological case. It's an essential read for anyone
interested in social and economic justice and an important
contribution to the debate about introducing a basic income.
*Caroline Lucas MP*
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