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Human Capital

Human Capital

The Tragedy of the Education Commons

by Guy Standing
Paperback
Publication Date: 06/01/2026
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ISBN:
9780241688182
9780241688182
Category:
Moral & social purpose of education
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
06-01-2026
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
512
Dimensions (mm):
181x112x25mm
Weight:
0.28kg
Guy Standing

Guy Standing has a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He has held professorships at the University of Bath and SOAS, University of London, following a long career at the International Labour organisation in Geneva, and has advised the UN, World Bank and governments around the world on labour and social policy. He is currently a professorial research associate at SOAS.

In 1986 he co-founded the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and now serves as its honorary co-President. He has been invited to speak on the precariat and basic income in over 350 locations since his bestselling book The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class was first published in 2011. He lives in Switzerland and is a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences.

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