Photo: Stanislas Jourdan / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Guy Standing does the kind of unglamorous work that quietly reshapes how we think about society. A British labour economist teaching development studies at SOAS, he co-founded the Basic Income Earth Network back in 1986, long before universal basic income became fashionable dinner-party talk. He also popularized the idea of the precariat, naming a precarious working class that mainstream economics preferred to ignore. What I respect is his persistence: he kept arguing for a guaranteed minimum income even when it was dismissed as utopian. An economist who grounds theory in real conditions is worth listening to, and Standing strikes me as someone who refuses to give up on the future.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Guy Standing
- Name (Japanese)
- ガイ・スタンディング
- Reading
- がい・すたんでぃんぐ
- Born
- February 9, 1948 (age 78)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rat
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- economist / teacher / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Illinois System
Awards & achievements
- 2014 Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.guystanding.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%20Standing%20(economist)
Frequently asked questions
When was Guy Standing born?
Born February 9, 1948 (age 78).
What does Guy Standing do?
Guy Standing works as economist, teacher, university teacher.
Economist — see all → · Teacher — see all →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-20
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.