Why European Universities Must Not Follow America’s
The American model has produced rentier capitalism and functional illiteracy—Europe's universities must return to their civilising mission.
Guy Standing
Europe must unite to stop deep-sea resource grab
The ban on deep-sea mining risks losing its traction—and Europe is divided on the issue.
The left must embrace fiscal restructuring
A raft of new instruments are required to address the rentier capitalism of today and the threat to the ecosphere.
Rescuing the concept of precarity
The cause of the precariat isn’t helped by fuzzy thinking about who and what it is.
Building a progressive alliance in Britain
Labour must abandon faith in one more heave for Westminster victory and embrace a progressive alliance, including for electoral reform.
Left Should Stop Equating Labour With Work
It is intellectually excusable for those on the political right to want to restrict the meaning of work to labour, or income-earning activity. It is
The Five Lies Of Rentier Capitalism
We live in the age of rentier capitalism. It is the crisis point of the Global Transformation, during which claims made for capitalism have been
Basic Income Pilots: A Better Option Than QE
With much fanfare, Mario Draghi announced on January 22 that the European Central Bank (ECB) would be pumping €60bn a month into the financial markets
How To Combat Inequalities Produced By Global Capitalism
Rising inequality is one of the most salient issues in global and European politics. Guy Standing writes that what we have witnessed in recent decades is not