The Politics of Time by Guy Standing was a good book to read just after I'd stopped working (for pay). He talks about the differences between work and labour as well as leisure and recreation, according to the Greeks. He writes a history of how people have spent their time, the problems of work today and ideas for the future. It is packed full of arguments and ideas, criticising the belief everyone should labour for money.
📰 Basic Income: From the Forest Card to 800 Plus | History
Explore the history and future of basic income—from the Forest Charter to the 800+ program. Learn how Guy Standing defines freedom without domination and justice.
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#MassiveAttack x #YoungFathers featuring Professor #GuyStanding
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Today, a tiny, obscenely wealthy plutocracy and a well padded salariat confront a growing precariat.
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They have raised eight giants that block the road to a good society: inequality, insecurity, debt, stress, precarity, automation, extinction, and neo fascist populism. Recurrent pandemics may become a ninth giant.
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This is an excellent piece from #GuyStanding
#UKLabour has a short window of opportunity to get things right & address the root causes that gave rise to #Trump in the States & generally #rightwing populism across the world. I hope they rise to the challenge
Edit: typo
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/68572/trump-2.0-is-a-warning-for-rachel-reeves
Throughout history, capitalism has evolved, changing character and changing the class structure defining each era. The changes in the 20th century can be understood by reference to what Karl Polanyi called the Great Transformation. Briefly, in his formulation, in the 19th century, mainly in Britain, there was an initial period in the evolution of industrial capitalism that was dominated by financial capital, in which old systems of distribution, regulation and social protection were dismantled, in what we would call the pursuit of a ‘free market economy’.
Als regeringen oprecht zouden zeggen dat ze ‘evidence-based policy’ zullen toepassen, zouden we al een basisinkomenssysteem hebben. Maar de politieke mastodonten houden de golven tegen. Terwijl er in veel landen een meerderheid voor basisinkomen is.
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