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Roundtable
Debating the Precariat
October 2018
The globalization, automation, and financialization of the economy have created an increasingly unequal class structure. The rise of the gig economy and unstable work arrangements have created a “precariat,” a new class that Guy Standing argues has truly revolutionary potential. Our panel discusses how new this class really is and what economic reforms and actors can stop the swell of inequality.
 

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Title

Debating the Precariat

Opening Essay

The Precariat: Today's
Transformative Class?

Opening Essay

Guy Standing

Fletcher, Jr.

Bill
Fletcher Jr.

Folbre

Nancy Folbre

Khan

Azfar Khan

Köves

Alexandra Köves

Liodakis

George Liodakis

Munck

Ronaldo Munck

Robinson

William I. Robinson

Singh

Pritam Singh

Swidler

Eva-Maria Swidler

Tate & Astor

Alison Tate & Evelyn Astor

Response

Author's Response

Guy Standing

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