The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class — When Flexibility Becomes Insecurity
What appears to be a collection of unstable jobs may represent a deeper reorganization of economic risk.
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class by Guy Standing as our lens, this episode investigates the emergence of a class-in-the-making defined by insecure income, weak employment protections, limited benefits, fragmented careers, and the loss of a stable occupational identity.
Standing argues that labour-market flexibility has allowed corporations and governments to transfer uncertainty onto individuals…
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