Job security is a thing of the past - so millions need a better welfare system (2013)
Journal Article
Standing, G. (2013). Job security is a thing of the past - so millions need a better welfare system. Guardian (London),

Defining the precariat: A class in the making (2013)
Journal Article
Standing, G. (2013). Defining the precariat: A class in the making. Eurozine,

Class has not disappeared. Instead, a more fragmented global class structure has emerged alongside a more flexible open labour market. This prompts Guy Standing to forge a new vocabulary capable of describing class relations in the global market syst... Read More about Defining the precariat: A class in the making.

Why zero-hours contracts remind me of the horrors of 1990s Russia (2013)
Journal Article
Standing, G. (2013). Why zero-hours contracts remind me of the horrors of 1990s Russia. Guardian (London),

Why a basic income is necessary for a right to work (2013)
Journal Article
Standing, G. (2013). Why a basic income is necessary for a right to work. Basic Income Studies, 7(2), 19-40. https://doi.org/10.1515/bis-2013-0007

This article makes the proposition that a right to work can only exist if an individual has a prior right to a basic income. It criticizes the perspective that maximizing the number of jobs is a meaningful way of advancing the right to work, since ac... Read More about Why a basic income is necessary for a right to work.

Tertiary time: The precariat's dilemma (2013)
Journal Article
Standing, G. (2013). Tertiary time: The precariat's dilemma. Public Culture, 25(1 69), 5-23. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-1890432

Progressive politics has always been about the struggle to reduce social inequities and inequalities. What takes priority depends on the type of society we live in. Today people in rich countries live in societies that are tertiary, not industrial, i... Read More about Tertiary time: The precariat's dilemma.