Books by Guy Standing

There is a lie at the heart of global capitalism. Politicians, financiers and global bureaucrats claim to believe in free competitive markets, but have constructed the most unfree market system ever. It is corrupt because income is channelled to the owners of property - financial, physical and intellectual - at the expense of society.This book reveals how global capitalism is rigged in favour of rentiers to the detriment of all of us, especially the precariat. A plutocracy and elite enriches itself, not through production of goods and services, but through ownership of assets, including intellectual property, aided by subsidies, tax breaks, debt mechanisms, revolving doors between politics and business, and the privatisation of public services. Rentier capitalism is entrenched by the corruption of democracy, manipulated by the plutocracy and an elite-dominated media.Meanwhile, wages stagnate as labour markets are transformed by outsourcing, automation and the on-demand economy, generating more rental income while expanding the precariat.The Corruption of Capitalism argues that rentier capitalism is fostering revolt, and concludes by outlining a new income distribution system that would achieve the extinction of the rentier while promoting sustainable growth.

What models of distributive justice can the twenty-first century promote to challenge the spread of insecurity, inequality and social fragmentation? The twentieth century was dominated by competition between two labour models of society - state socialism and welfare state capitalism, which promoted forms of labour security. Since the 1970s globalization and flexible labour markets have increased insecurity and inequalities. After a period dominated by libertarianism, politicians and social thinkers must find ways of promoting distributive justice, based on basic security and new forms of voice representation and regulation. Dismissing the approach of the `new paternalists', this book presents a vision combining security of income and representation without moralistic state control.

De faste ansættelser bliver færre, de løst ansatte bliver flere og usikkerheden tager til. En voksende gruppe mennesker arbejder og lever under usikre vilkår med skiftende korte ansættelser, som hverken fører til fastansættelse, stabil indkomst eller social beskyttelse. Guy Standing har givet dem et navn: prekariatet. Prekariatet er den første autoritative fremstilling af en ny klasse af mennesker med skiftende løsansættelser,hvis liv i periferien af arbejdsmarkedet først og fremmest er usikkert og udsat. Det store spørgsmål er, om det voksende prekariat er fanget i ubønhørlig indbyrdes konkurrence om arbejdet, eller om de fælles klassevilkår kan føre til en ny kollektiv politisk ånd og handlekraft."En meget vigtig bog" - Noam Chomsky"Køb Guy Standings bog, Prekariatet! Eller stjæl eller lån den!"Guy Standing (f. 1948) er økonom og professor i udviklingsstudier ved School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) i London. Han er tidligere professor i økonomi ved University of Bath i Storbritannien og Monash University i Australien og leder af det socio-økonomiske sikkerhedsprogram under Den internationale arbejdsorganisation (ILO). Hans forfatterskab inkluderer ud over hovedværket The Precariat (2011), bl.a. Basic Income: And how we can make it happen (2017), The Corruption of Capitalism: Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay (2016) og Work after Globalization: Building Occupational Citizenship (2009)

De faste ansættelser bliver færre, de løst ansatte bliver flere og usikkerheden tager til. En voksende gruppe mennesker arbejder og lever under usikre vilkår – med skiftende korte ansættelser, som hverken fører til fastansættelser, stabil indkomst eller social beskyttelse. Guy Standing har givet dem et navn: prekariatet. Prekariatet er den første autoritative fremstilling af en ny klasse af mennesker med skiftende løsansættelser, hvis liv i periferien af arbejdsmarkedet først og fremmest er usikkert og udsat.Det store spørgsmål er, om det voksende prekariat er fanget i ubønhørlig indbyrdes konkurrence om arbejdet, eller om de fælles klassevilkår kan føre til en kollektiv politisk ånd og handlekraft. OM FORFATTEREN Guy Standing er britisk professor i udviklingsstudier ved School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London og en internationalt indflydelsesrig samfundsanalytiker og -debattør.

What models of distributive justice can the twenty-first century promote to challenge the spread of insecurity, inequality and social fragmentation? The twentieth century was dominated by competition between two labour models of society - state socialism and welfare state capitalism, which promoted forms of labour security.

Sets out a fresh approach to the assessment of income dynamics, based on identifying the diverse components of people's income and entitlements. This book defines 'social income' as a broader concept of household income which includes state, community and private benefits.