“Chronically insecure people easily lose their altruism, tolerance, and respect for non-conformity. If they have no alternative on offer, they can be led to attribute their plight to strangers in their midst.”

British labour economist

Guy Standing is a British labour economist and professorial research associate at SOAS University of London. He is known for his work on labour economics and social protection, and for co-founding the Basic Income Earth Network in 1986. His writing ranges across active labour market policies, unemployment, labour market flexibility, and structural adjustment programmes. He has written widely on these subjects, especially where work, insecurity, and public policy meet.