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5 Types of Bullshit Jobs and the Role of Work in our Society

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David Graeber talks bullshit jobs and the concept of work under capitalism with Real Media and the Real News Network.

Read David Graeber's essay On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs here.

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