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  1. davidgraeber.org

    OnthePhenomenonofBullshitJobs:AWork Rant DavidGraeber August2013 Intheyear1930,JohnMaynardKeynespredictedthat,bycentury'send,technologywould have advanced sufficiently that countries like Great Britain or the United States would have
    • Bullshit Jobs

      In 2013, David Graeber's essay "On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs" asked if our jobs make a meaningful contribution to the world. It went viral, sparking global debate. In Bullshit Jobs, David examines how many roles—HR consultants, corporate lawyers, and more—are meaningless, highlighting how finance capitalism perpetuates this ...

  2. davidgraeber.org

    In the year 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that, by century's end, technology would have advanced sufficiently that countries like Great Britain or the United States would have achieved a 15-hour work week. There's every reason to believe he was right. In technological terms, we are quite capable of this. And yet it didn't happen. […]
  3. en.wikipedia.org

    Bullshit Jobs: A Theory is a 2018 book by anthropologist David Graeber that postulates the existence of meaningless jobs and analyzes their societal harm. ... "On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs", which argued the pointlessness of many contemporary jobs, particularly those in fields of finance, law, human resources, ...
  4. So while finance/property bubbles were proximate causes of the 2008 crisis, phenomenon like the growth of bullshit jobs would have more to do with the underlying profit crisis than the power of finance capital. Or to put it another way, correlation is not causation. The relative power of finance capital and the growth of bullshit jobs could ...
  5. semanticscholar.org

    Further develops the arguments of anthropologist and activist David Graeber's article 'On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs'. Graeber has argued that, contrary to Keynes's prediction that by the end of
  6. autonomies.org

    In 2013, Graeber reports on the first page of Bullshit Jobs, he published a short article that "set off a very minor international sensation." 1 The thrust of that piece was to highlight what he claimed was a glut of "completely pointless" make-work jobs crowding labor markets in contemporary capitalist societies, and to give hints as ...
  7. readingbyeugene.com

    David Graeber is a professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years.In a must-read, thought-provoking post titled "On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs" he explains how the majority of workers these days are stuck in meaningless jobs:. In the year 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that, by century's end, technology would have advanced ...
  8. davidgraeber.org

    In 2013, David Graeber's essay "On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs" asked if our jobs make a meaningful contribution to the world. It went viral, sparking global debate. In Bullshit Jobs, David examines how many roles—HR consultants, corporate lawyers, and more—are meaningless, highlighting how finance capitalism perpetuates this ...
  9. onwork.edu.au

    … these jobs are ultimately aware of it. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever met a corporate lawyer who didn't think their job was bullshit . The same goes for almost all the new in- dustries outlined above. There is a whole class of salaried … Keywords Graeber, Bullshit Jobs, Meaningless Work, Job Satisfaction Themes Bullshit Jobs, Meaningful Work
  10. books.google.com

    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 one million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer. There are hordes of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators ...

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  1. Bullshit Jobs

    Bullshit Jobs: A Theory is a 2018 book by anthropologist David Graeber that postulates the existence of meaningless jobs and analyzes their societal harm. He contends that over half of societal work is pointless and becomes psychologically destructive when paired with a work ethic that associates work with self-worth. Graeber describes five types of meaningless jobs, in which workers pretend their role is not as pointless or harmful as they know it to be: flunkies, goons, duct tapers, box tickers, and taskmasters. He argues that the association of labor with virtuous suffering is recent in human history and proposes unions and universal basic income as a potential solution. The book is an extension of Graeber's 2013 popular essay, which was later translated into 12 languages and whose underlying premise became the subject of a YouGov poll. Wikipedia

    AuthorDavid Graeber
    SubjectOrganizational culture, cultural anthropology, critique of work, White-collar worker
    PublishedMay 2018 (Simon & Schuster)
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