Guy Standing

Politicians, financiers and bureaucrats claim to believe in free competitive markets, yet they have built the most unfree market system ever created. In this Gilded Age, income is funnelled to the owners of property financial, physical and intellectual at the expense of society. Wages stagnate as labour markets are transformed by outsourcing, automation and the on-demand economy, generating more rental income while broadening the precariat.Now fully updated with an introduction examining the systemic issues exposed by Brexit and Covid-19, The Corruption of Capitalism argues that rentier capitalism is fostering revolt and presents a new income distribution system that would achieve the extinction of the rentier while encouraging sustainable growth.

Basic Income is an idea whose time has come and Guy Standing has pioneered our understanding of it Standing s analysis is vital Paul Mason 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 EnoShouldn t everyone receive a stake in society s wealth Could we create a fairer world by granting a guaranteed income to all What would this mean for our health wealth and happiness Basic Income is a regular cash transfer from the state received by all individual citizens It is an acknowledgement that everyone plays a part in generating the wealth currently enjoyed only by a few Political parties across the world are now adopting it as official policy and the idea generates headlines every day Guy Standing has been at the forefront of thought about Basic Income for the past thirty years and in this book he covers in authoritative detail its effects on the economy poverty work and labour dissects and disproves the standard arguments against Basic Income explains what we can learn from pilots across the world and illustrates exactly why a Basic Income has now become

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF 2022 A landmark book The Blue Commons is at once a brilliant synthesis a searing analysis and an inspiring call to action David Bollier With remarkable erudition passion and lyricism Guy Standing commands the reader to wake up to the threat posed by rentier capitalism s violent policies for extraction exploitation and depletion of that which is both common to us all but also vital to our survival the sea and all within it Ann Pettifor Shines a bright light on the economy of the oceans directing us brilliantly towards where a sustainable future lies Danny Dorling This is a powerful visionary book essential reading for all who yearn for a better world Jason Hickel The sea provides more than half the oxygen we breathe food for billions of people and livelihoods for hundreds of millions But giant corporations are plundering the world s oceans aided by global finance and complicit states following the neoliberal maxim of Blue Growth The situation is dire rampant exploitation and corruption now drive all aspects of the ocean economy destroying communities intensifying inequalities and driving fish populations and other ocean life towards extinction The Blue Commons is an urgent cal

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF 2022 A landmark book The Blue Commons is at once a brilliant synthesis a searing analysis and an inspiring call to action David Bollier With remarkable erudition passion and lyricism Guy Standing commands the reader to wake up to the threat posed by rentier capitalism s violent policies for extraction exploitation and depletion of that which is both common to us all but also vital to our survival the sea and all within it Ann Pettifor Shines a bright light on the economy of the oceans directing us brilliantly towards where a sustainable future lies Danny Dorling This is a powerful visionary book essential reading for all who yearn for a better world Jason Hickel The sea provides more than half the oxygen we breathe food for billions of people and livelihoods for hundreds of millions But giant corporations are plundering the world s oceans aided by global finance and complicit states following the neoliberal maxim of Blue Growth The situation is dire rampant exploitation and corruption now drive all aspects of the ocean economy destroying communities intensifying inequalities and driving fish populations and other ocean life towards extinction The Blue Commons is an urgent cal

Esta es una edición especialmente adaptada a la realidad española. El autor ha añadido datos sobre los casos de corrupción, los nuevos partidos políticos, la realidad social del paro y la desigualdad en nuestro país, además de un nuevo prefacio, a esta edición. En cada uno de los ochos capítulos del libro se tratan ocho contradicciones del capitalismo neoliberal que están llevando al colapso del sistema y cuya única finalidad es el aumento de la desigualdad. La mezcla de un sistema rentista opresivo y la existencia de una nueva clase social sin perspectivas de mejora, totalmente desvalida y al borde del abismo el precariado, está desembocando en nuevas formas de rebelión y organización social y política que acabarán por desbancar al poder establecido y colapsar el sistema capitalista.

Tras casi 40 años defendiendo la renta básica universal como herramienta para luchar contra la desigualdad y la pobreza en el mundo, Guy Standing, autor de El precariado y La corrupción del capitalismo, ha escrito un guía clara y exhaustiva explicando qué es la renta básica, por qué es la idea más radical y necesaria en la nueva economía mundial y cómo hacerla realidad. Lejos de ser una utopía la renta básica es un derecho de cualquier ciudadano y desde todos los sectores de la economía mundial se está considerando como una necesidad social en un futuro donde el trabajo, tal y como lo conocemos, está en vías de desaparición. Además el libro contiene un epílogo de Daniel Raventós y de David Casassas explicando la viabilidad y necesidad de la renta básica en España.

En su libro El precariado. Una nueva clase social, Guy Standing introducía el concepto de "precariado" como una clase masiva emergente a la que se le han negado derechos políticos, civiles, sociales y economicos, y caracterizada por una creciente desigualdad e inseguridad. De una naturaleza cada vez mas global, el precariado se ha convertido en un fenomeno social, reivindicado por movimientos como Occupy Wall Street o el 15M. Pero esta masa no es una simple victima, es tambien un agente dinamico de cambio social. El autor nos habla de la importancia de redefinir nuestro contrato social alrededor de las nociones de libertad asociacional, agencia y comunes.Un texto indispensable, no solo porque pone al dia el marco teorico desarrollado en su libro anterior, sino porque ofrece un detallado programa politico para acabar con las desigualdades extremas que la globalizacion neoliberal ha generado. Su concepto y sus conclusiones han sido admiradas extensamente por pensadores de la talla de Noam Chomsky o Zygmunt Bauman, y por muchas destacadas figuras del activismo politico. Esta carta de derechos es un regalo para aquellos que aspiran a forjar una nueva sociedad, en la que el trabajo humano tenga significado y los derechos de los trabajadores sean totalmente respetados.

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF 2022 A landmark book... The Blue Commons is at once a brilliant synthesis, a searing analysis, and an inspiring call to action. - David BollierWith remarkable erudition, passion and lyricism, Guy Standing commands the reader to wake up to the threat posed by rentier capitalisms violent policies for extraction, exploitation and depletion of that which is both common to us all, but also vital to our survival: the sea and all within it. - Ann Pettifor Shines a bright light on the economy of the oceans, directing us brilliantly towards where a sustainable future lies. - Danny DorlingThis is a powerful, visionary book - essential reading for all who yearn for a better world. - Jason HickelThe sea provides more than half the oxygen we breathe, food for billions of people and livelihoods for hundreds of millions. But giant corporations are plundering the worlds oceans, aided by global finance and complicit states, following the neoliberal maxim of Blue Growth. The situation is dire: rampant exploitation and corruption now drive all aspects of the ocean economy, destroying communities, intensifying inequalities, and driving fish populations and other ocean life towards extinction.The Blue Commons is an urgent call for change, from a campaigning economist responsible for some of the most innovative solutions to inequality of recent times. From large nations bullying smaller nations into giving up eco-friendly fishing policies to the profiteering by the Crown Estate in commandeering much of the British seabed, the scale of the global problem is synthesised here for the first time, as well as a toolkit for all of us to rise up and tackle it.The oceans have been left out of calls for a Green New Deal but must be at the centre of the fight against climate change. How do we do it? By building a Blue Commons alternative: a transformative worldview and new set of proposals that prioritise the historic rights of local communities, the wellbeing of all people and, with it, the health of our oceans.

One of the clearest and most important studies to be published on education, worldwide, in many decades Danny DorlingDoes the education system make better people? Why are so many teachers and students alike stressed and dissatisfied? Do we need to revive real education?Ideally, education is about the pursuit of truth, beauty and morality. But in the last few decades, a perilous fixation with human capital skills, knowledge and aptitudes required for the labour market has trampled over curricula, schools and universities. Rather than learning how to think critically about the world, from cradle to grave students are trained to be more effective workers, to make more money, and to serve an hegemonic ideology. Teachers and researchers are pressed to serve those goals.In this concluding book in his series on the commons, Guy Standing shows us how education intrinsically a common public good has been enclosed, privatised, financialised and corrupted, turned into an instrument of societal control, not human emancipation, weakening democracy, not strengthening it. Human Capital charts how the education industry largely serves commercial interests, not its teachers and students, and considers how to revive its lost values, to save society for the common good.

Guy Standings books have, over the years, pieced together a necessary political and intellectual agenda ... His Politics of Time is a splendid and timely addition to this body of important work Yanis VaroufakisTime has always been political. Throughout history, how we use our time has been defined and controlled by the powerful, and today is no exception. But we can reclaim control, and in this book, the pioneering economist Guy Standing shows us how.The ancient Greeks organised time into five categories: work, labour, recreation, leisure and contemplation. Labour was onerous, whereas leisure was schole, and included participation in public life and lifelong education. Since the industrial revolution, our time has been shaped by capitalism, our jobs are supposed to provide all meaning in life, our time outside labour is considered simply time off, and politicians prioritise jobs above all other aspects of a good life.Today, we are experiencing the age of chronic uncertainty. Mental illness is on the rise, some people are experiencing more time freedom while many others are having more and more of their time stolen from them, particularly the vulnerable and those in the precariat.But there is a way forward. We can create a new politics of time, one that liberates us and helps save the planet, through strengthening real leisure and working together through commoning. We can retake control of our time, but we must do it together.

One of the most important books Ive read in years Brian EnoWe are losing the commons. Austerity and neoliberal policies have depleted our shared wealth; our national utilities have been sold off to foreign conglomerates, social housing is almost non-existent, our parks are cordoned off for private events and our national art galleries are sponsored by banks and oil companies. This plunder deprives us all of our common rights, recognized as far back as the Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest of 1217, to share fairly and equitably in our public wealth.Guy Standing leads us through a new appraisal of the commons, stemming from the medieval concept of common land reserved in ancient law from marauding barons, to his modern reappraisal of the resources we all hold in common - a brilliant new synthesis that crystallises quite how much public wealth has been redirected to the 1% in recent decades through the state-approved exploitation of everything from our land to our state housing, health and benefit systems, to our justice system, schools, newspapers and even the air we breathe. Plunder of the Commons proposes a charter for a new form of commoning, of remembering, guarding and sharing that which belongs to us all, to slash inequality and soothe our current political instability.

Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has pioneered our understanding of it...as we move into an age where work and leisure become blurred, and work dissociated from incomes, Standings analysis is vital Paul MasonShouldnt everyone receive a stake in societys wealth?Could we create a fairer world by granting a guaranteed income to all?What would this mean for our health, wealth and happiness?Basic Income is a regular cash transfer from the state, received by all individual citizens. It is an acknowledgement that everyone plays a part in generating the wealth currently enjoyed only by a few. Political parties across the world are now adopting it as official policy and the idea generates headlines every day. Guy Standing has been at the forefront of thought about Basic Income for the past thirty years, and in this book he covers in authoritative detail its effects on the economy, poverty, work and labour; dissects and disproves the standard arguments against Basic Income; explains what we can learn from pilots across the world and illustrates exactly why a Basic Income has now become such an urgent necessity.

De una naturaleza cada vez más global, el precariado se ha convertido en un fenómeno social, reivindicado por movimientos como Occupy Wall Street o el 15M. Pero esta masa no es una simple víctima, es tambien un agente dinamico de cambio social. El autor nos habla de la importancia de redefinir nuestro contrato social alrededor de las nociones de libertad asociacional, agencia y Comunes. Un texto indispensable, no solo porque pone al dia el marco teorico desarrollado en su libro anterior, sino porque ofrece un detallado programa politico para acabar con las desigualdades extremas que la globalizacion neoliberal ha generado.

Libro fundamental para entender la revolución social que se está fraguando a raíz de la crisis financiera y de las políticas de austeridad. La crisis del sistema financiero ha comportado el nacimien

Del reconocido economista internacional Guy Standing llega La política del tiempo, una historia de gran erudición que explora la politización del tiempo y nos muestra el camino para reclamarlo.El tiempo siempre ha sido politico. Los poderosos han definido y controlado nuestra manera de usarlo a lo largo de la historia, y continuan haciendolo hoy en dia. Pero es posible recuperar el control de nuestro tiempo y, en La politica del tiempo, el pionero economista Guy Standing nos muestra como. Los antiguos griegos organizaron el uso del tiempo en cinco categorias: el trabajo independiente, la actividad laboral, el recreo, el ocio y la contemplacion. Para ellos, la laboral era una actividad onerosa, y valoraban mucho mas el ocio, el cual, entendido como sjole, abarcaba tambien la participacion en la vida publica y la educacion de la persona. Desde la Revolucion Industrial, sin embargo, el capitalismo ha invertido esta valoracion. Actualmente se considera que nuestra actividad laboral es lo que da sentido a nuestra vida y que el resto de horas son simplemente tiempo libre. Asi, los politicos priorizan el empleo por encima de todos los demas aspectos que conforman una vida buena y, en el nuevo contexto de incertidumbre cronica, las enfermedades mentales son cada vez mas frecuentes y a muchas personas (en particular, a las mas vulnerables y a los miembros del precariado) se les roba cada vez mas tiempo. No obstante, Guy Standing nos muestra otro camino: podemos recobrar el control de nuestro tiempo. Para ello, debemos fortalecer el verdadero ocio y la colaboracion (pro)comunal para crear una nueva politica del tiempo que no solo nos libere, sino que, a su vez, contribuya a salvar el planeta. Y, lo que es mas importante, debemos hacerlo juntos.

Del reconocido economista internacional Guy Standing llega La política del tiempo, una historia de gran erudición que explora la politización del tiempo y nos muestra el camino para reclamarlo.El tiempo siempre ha sido politico. Los poderosos han definido y controlado nuestra manera de usarlo a lo largo de la historia, y continuan haciendolo hoy en dia. Pero es posible recuperar el control de nuestro tiempo y, en La politica del tiempo, el pionero economista Guy Standing nos muestra como.Los antiguos griegos organizaron el uso del tiempo en cinco categorias: el trabajo independiente, la actividad laboral, el recreo, el ocio y la contemplacion. Para ellos, la laboral era una actividad onerosa, y valoraban mucho mas el ocio, el cual, entendido como sjole, abarcaba tambien la participacion en la vida publica y la educacion de la persona.Desde la Revolucion Industrial, sin embargo, el capitalismo ha invertido esta valoracion. Actualmente se considera que nuestra actividad laboral es lo que da sentido a nuestra vida y que el resto de horas son simplemente tiempo libre. Asi, los politicos priorizan el empleo por encima de todos los demas aspectos que conforman una vida buena y, en el nuevo contexto de incertidumbre cronica, las enfermedades mentales son cada vez mas frecuentes y a muchas personas (en particular, a las mas vulnerables y a los miembros del precariado) se les roba cada vez mas tiempo.No obstante, Guy Standing nos muestra otro camino: podemos recobrar el control de nuestro tiempo. Para ello, debemos fortalecer el verdadero ocio y la colaboracion (pro)comunal para crear una nueva politica del tiempo que no solo nos libere, sino que, a su vez, contribuya a salvar el planeta. Y, lo que es mas importante, debemos hacerlo juntos.

Del reconocido economista internacional Guy Standing llega La política del tiempo, una historia de gran erudición que explora la politización del tiempo y nos muestra el camino para reclamarlo.El tiempo siempre ha sido politico. Los poderosos han definido y controlado nuestra manera de usarlo a lo largo de la historia, y continuan haciendolo hoy en dia. Pero es posible recuperar el control de nuestro tiempo y, en La politica del tiempo, el pionero economista Guy Standing nos muestra como.Los antiguos griegos organizaron el uso del tiempo en cinco categorias: el trabajo independiente, la actividad laboral, el recreo, el ocio y la contemplacion. Para ellos, la laboral era una actividad onerosa, y valoraban mucho mas el ocio, el cual, entendido como sjole, abarcaba tambien la participacion en la vida publica y la educacion de la persona.Desde la Revolucion Industrial, sin embargo, el capitalismo ha invertido esta valoracion. Actualmente se considera que nuestra actividad laboral es lo que da sentido a nuestra vida y que el resto de horas son simplemente tiempo libre. Asi, los politicos priorizan el empleo por encima de todos los demas aspectos que conforman una vida buena y, en el nuevo contexto de incertidumbre cronica, las enfermedades mentales son cada vez mas frecuentes y a muchas personas (en particular, a las mas vulnerables y a los miembros del precariado) se les roba cada vez mas tiempo.No obstante, Guy Standing nos muestra otro camino: podemos recobrar el control de nuestro tiempo. Para ello, debemos fortalecer el verdadero ocio y la colaboracion (pro)comunal para crear una nueva politica del tiempo que no solo nos libere, sino que, a su vez, contribuya a salvar el planeta. Y, lo que es mas importante, debemos hacerlo juntos.