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" People want to work, but they don't want to necessarily want to do labour. "
Guy Standing
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" In 1936, John Maynard Keynes predicted the 'euthanasia of the rentier' before the end of the 20th century. It did not happen. "
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" A primary justification for a basic income is social justice. "
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" Globalisation began what should be called the Great Convergence, creating a globalising labour market in which wages in emerging market economies slowly converge with wages in rich economies, generating a steady drop in real wages across Europe. "
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" Think of a public library, worth more for those who cannot afford numerous books. Think of a public waterway or fishing ground. All types of commons have imputed monetary value that together comprise a source of social income. As such, the commons reduces economic inequality and insecurity in society. "
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" Since all political parties blame the others for the economic mess, it is unfair to attribute unemployment to individual behaviour. "
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" If you're healthier, you tend to have a lower demand for health services. "
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" Public social services, infrastructural policies, and so on are vital. But a basic income should be part of a package of reforms. "
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" Chronic insecurity will not be overcome by minimum wage laws, tax credits, means-tested benefits, or workfare. "
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" The Magna Carta was the first class-based charter, enforced on the monarchy by the rising class. "
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" The IP system is an artificial construct that excessively rewards owners of intellectual property, granting them monopolies over inventions and ideas that, in many cases, are the product of generations of thinkers and/or publicly funded research. "
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" Millions of people in many so-called democratic countries have lost the right to vote, or never obtain it. And millions clearly feel that the political mainstream is not articulating a vocabulary or policies oriented to their needs and aspirations. "
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" The precariat is the first class in history to be losing acquired rights - cultural, civil, social, economic, and political. "
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" People, in general, want to improve their lives and the lives of their children and other loved ones. "
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" Most existing national capital funds have been built up from royalties from oil and other minerals. They need not be limited that way. Most are anything but democratic. That could be changed. "
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" Think how modern economics presents work. Only labour that contributes to growth counts. "
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" A person looking after a frail former lover is not working and not contributing to economic growth. But if he or she stopped, the state would probably have to take over, thereby adding to growth. So, to increase growth, we should stop looking after our loved ones. Could anybody explain to a passing Martian how this makes sense? "
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" Every time a government minister or spokesman lauds Magna Carta, let us boo or hiss. Shame them. And let us celebrate what it really means to our history: the ability of an emerging class to make demands against the state for new liberties and rights. "
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" The Latin root of 'precariousness' is 'to obtain by prayer.' The precariat must ask for favours, for charity, to show obsequiousness, to plead with figures of authority. It is degrading and stigmatizing. "
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