Guy Standing on UBI 

Guy Standing on the Corruption of Capitalism, revival of the commons and the case for a UBI

The key idea of the video is that the global economy is facing increasing inequality and insecurity, and the solution lies in implementing a universal basic income and addressing the concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a few.

Historical Context and Economic Shifts


Inequality and Exploitation

Potential for Change and Hope

1 month ago

Wow. Wide ground covered and comprehensible to non-economists and very structured too.

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1 year ago

this is fantastic

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1 year ago

The biggest problem is that the wrong people are in power.

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5 months ago

16.19 back in the 70-80 ies you didn't have to have 2 or more jobs, it wasn't impossible to get permanent work etc. I feel for youth now...a permanent contract what holidays and sick pay a decent salary This will explode. Together with increasing conflict as well as the total neglect of all our resource boundaries (incl corruption, sucking out "developing" countries pretending to help them, while keeping a new colonial rule alive), exploiting the last living virgin forest exuding water/bringing rain to the Amazon or killing every last habitat in our ocean, depleting groundwater, soils...it's like a "perfect" storm.

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1 year ago

Are there any bills in US Congress to institute UBI?

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1 year ago

Great true story,book title-"Cowboy Mafia "-

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5 months ago (edited)

12.55 black rock can splash more cash annually than the government budget of a 2-3 EU countries I heard in a DW documentary (about some "self made" very arrogant property developer, very unaware of how; despite trying to highlight his philanthropic "efforts", extremely self content/ego he was). It was about how local councils basically have to "give in" to extra luxury units/less social or affordable housing and approve his planning application hoping for scraps...mind numbing. If you want to see a true horror film, look it up.

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1 year ago

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1 year ago

YANIS ROCKS!!

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1 year ago

AN INTELLIGIBLE ECONOMIST !!!

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1 year ago

He seemed to be sitting down the whole time though

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1 year ago

American History 🇺🇸 can be summed up as ‘Get rich beyond your wildest dreams.’

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1 year ago

Print more money just like they do for the war machine!

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1 year ago

This has not aged well. IT's impossible to find people who can be trusted to redistribute the wealth in a fair way. Besides every time wealth redistribution happens the people who are earning the most wealth leave.

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1 year ago

I love the liberal types. They can explain there is a problem. But then they devolve not the usual failed current left of center liberal idealism.