A very important book.

Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Buy Guy Standing's book, The Precariat! Or nick/borrow it!

John Harris, The Guardian

Guy Standing provides an incisive account of how precariousness is becoming the new normality in globalised labour markets, and offers important guidelines for all concerned to build a more just society.

Richard Hyman, London School of Economics, UK

This is an important book.

Citizen's Income Newsletter

This important and original book brings out the political dangers, so clear in contemporary America, of failing to address the insecurities of the Precariat. It also suggests the way forward: a reconstruction of the concept of work.

Eileen Applebaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington DC, USA

Over 90% of workers in India are informal, poorly paid, without any economic security. Guy Standing combines vision with practicality in outlining policies that are urgently needed to provide security to workers such as these around the world.

Renana Jhabvala, Self-Employed Women's Association of India