Innovators, Bullshitters or Aristocrats: Towards an Explanation of Unproductive Work

Amal Samaha

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Abstract: An essay from Peace, Land and Bread discussing the rise of unproductive labour in the West (bullshit jobs) and various theories which sought to explain why it exists.

Keywords: Marxism; Jurgen Habermas; David Graeber; Zak Cope (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B14 B51 F66 J0 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-11
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Published in Peace, Land and Bread 3 (2020): pp. 102-125

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