The Precariatized Mind and the Case for a Basic Income for All w/ Guy Standing (E75)

This is a conversation with Guy Standing, a Professorial Research  Associate at SOAS University of London and a founding member and  honorary co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), a  non-governmental organisation that promotes a basic income for all.Topics Discussed:What is Universal Basic Income (UBI)/ Basic IncomeWhy it’s so important that basic income be unconditionalTowards a new class system: Precariat, Salariat, Proficients, Oligarchs, Plutocracy, Working Class, Lumpen Underclass etcWhat is the precariatized mind?Types  of Precariats: Atavists who look to the past/Nostalgics: The migrants,  the roamers, the refugees, the minorities/ProgressivesTowards a new politics of timeHow the global COVID-19 pandemic makes the case for a basic incomeRecommended BooksThe Human Condition by Hannah ArendtThe Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time by Karl PolanyiThe Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All by Peter LinebaughMusic by Tarabeat.