Archive: Precariat
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WCP: Worker Portraits: Contradictions and Contingencies
Art depicting workers offers contradicting meanings of work in both capturing the dignity and pride of workers but also representing the struggles and hardships of labor. In Working-Class Perspectives, Sherry Linkon reflects on how these tensions manifest in a new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery and argues that the exhibit neglects the precarious nature of work today.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: The Precariat: Why a Basic Income is Vital
As work becomes increasingly unstable and insecure, economic inequality balloons. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Guy Standing makes the case for a universal basic income with supplements for disadvantaged groups as the only sustainable solution.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: A Working-Class Brexit
The world is still reverberating from last week's Brexit referendum. The leave campaign won largely because it appealed to the anxiety and frustration of British working-class voters. In this week's
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Master of None Lacks Class
Aziz Anzari's Master of None gets a lot of things right. Its attention to racism, sexism, diversity, and the immigrant-family experience make the hilarious new Netflix series feel like a breath of f
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Trump, Sanders, and the Precariat
Stagnant wages and the lack of quality jobs have led recent college graduates and middle-class workers to resent Wall Street, corporate leaders, and politicians for destroying their jobs and communi
Category: Visiting Scholars