The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class SPECIAL COVID-19 EDITION

Every mainstream politician claims to respect common law principles enshrined in the Magna Carta, that nobody should be found guilty without a proper trial where

So, propping up all firms means propping up many ‘zombie jobs’ in ‘zombie firms’, unviable but kept afloat by the subsidies.

called the ‘concierge economy’ has grown dramatically,

There were links between the anger, anxiety, alienation and anomie experienced by the precariat and the justified protests against the class-based racism led by Black Lives Matter and against ecological decay led by Extinction Rebellion.

Recall how more women in the United States are doing more than one part-time job. In Japan too, women as well as men are increasingly immersed in multiple jobholding, combining what appear to be full-time jobs with informal side-jobs

Another aspect of the precariat’s relations of production is having a higher level of formal schooling than the level of job they are expected to perform.

Denied non-wage benefits and rights-based state benefits, the precariat needs the commons more than ever.

Rentier capitalism, the term appropriate for describing the current phase of global capitalism, turns the precariat into debtors generating rental income, through rents and interest on student debt, credit card and store card debt, and short-term loans.

Growing online labour goes with another unique feature of globalisation and the ongoing technological revolution, which will accelerate during the pandemic slump. This is the export of labour without the migration of those providing it.