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

Samaha, Amal (2020): Innovators, Bullshitters or Aristocrats: Towards an Explanation of Unproductive Work. Published in: Peace, Land and Bread No. 3 (November 2020): pp. 102-125.

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.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Marxism, Jurgen Habermas, David Graeber, Zak Cope
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B1 - History of Economic Thought through 1925 > B14 - Socialist ; Marxist; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B5 - Current Heterodox Approaches > B51 - Socialist ; Marxian ; Sraffian; F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization > F66 - Labor; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights

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