The Precariat refers to the social class of people who experience precariousness, lacking security and predictability which affects their material or physical well-being. The term is a combination of (also called a portmanteau) the words precarious and proletariat.[1][2][3]
One of the main causes for the emergence of the precariat is the growth of the gig economy.
References
- ↑ Noam Chomsky (2012-05-08). "Plutonomy and the Precariat: On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline" Chomsky.info.
- ↑ Charlie Post (2015-04-020). "We’re All Precarious Now" Jacobin.
- ↑ Guy Standing, Research Professor in Development Studies University of London (2016-10-09). "Meet the precariat, the new global class fuelling the rise of populism" World Economic Forum.