The Instinct of Workmanship and the Incidence of Bullshit Jobs

Throughout his work, Thorstein Veblen argued that humans are guided instinctively by a desire for purposeful, useful effort. Yet anthropologist David Graeber's recent volume, Bullshit Jobs, has revealed that many workers find themselves in jobs that do not contribute anything of value to societ...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of economic issues 2022-07, Vol.56 (3), p.673-698
Hauptverfasser:	Dean, Erik, Dadzie, Richard B., Pham, Xuan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	bullshit jobs bureaucracy instinct of workmanship managerialism white-collar occupations
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