Former Programme Director, International Labour Organization. Currently, Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London. Hon. Co-President, BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network). Fellow, British Academy of Social Sciences. Author of: Basic Income: And How We Can Make It Happen (2017); The Corruption of Capitalism: Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay (2016); A Precariat Charter: From Denizens to Citizens (2014); The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class (2011). Co-Author, Basic Income: A Transformative Policy for India (2015).
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