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

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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.

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  • Samaha, Amal, 2020. "Innovators, Bullshitters or Aristocrats: Towards an Explanation of Unproductive Work," MPRA Paper 107169, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Samaha, Amal, 2021. "How the West is Underdeveloping Itself," MPRA Paper 107979, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Marxism; Jurgen Habermas; David Graeber; Zak Cope;
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    JEL classification:

    • B14 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist
    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • F66 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Labor
    • J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights

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