Release Date:- 2018-05-15
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From David Graeber, the bestselling author of The Dawn of Everything and Debtāāa master of opening up thought and stimulating debateā (Slate)āa powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobsā¦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 āOn the Phenomenon of B******t Jobs.ā It went viral. After one million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.
There are hordes of peopleāHR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyersāwhose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in b******t jobs.
Graeber explores one of societyās 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. āClever and charismaticā (The New Yorker), B******t 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 and āa thought-provoking examination of our working livesā (Financial Times).