Have artists served the new 'precariat' any better than the mainstream media? Since 1989 the world has seen the fall of communism, the seeming triumph of global - isation and rising inequality both within and between nations. We are seeing the demise of the welfare state and the undermining of full employment by transnational corporatocracies. A growing global underclass or 'precariat' of casual and underemployed workers has emerged. Friedman economics and wasteful privatisation helped cause…
