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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

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  • May 1, 2018
  • #Economics #Business
David Graeber
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From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution... Show More

From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences.

Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After a million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.

There are millions of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs.

Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation.

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Number of Pages: 335

ISBN: 150114331X

ISBN-13: 9781501143311

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Sankalp @sank_alp · Jul 3, 2022
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This one!
Steven M*chael @StevieJarosz · Jul 24, 2022
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Amazing book, I also like BS jobs and loved “the dawn of everything” by the same author, but “debt” was for me the best.
Gokce Idiman @gokce · Nov 29, 2022
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