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A Labor Day Conversation with David Graeber, author of Bullshit Jobs

Podcast EpisodePodcastSoundCloud3 September 2018David GraeberSpeaker#capitalism#london#climatechange

A 2015 YouGov survey revealed that 37% of working British adults think their jobs do not make a meaningful contribution to the world. Similarly, 40% of workers in the Netherlands reported that their jobs had no good reason to exist. Why are so many 21st century workers trapped in useless, meaningles

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A 4 Day Week: The Time is Now!

Podcast EpisodePodcastSoundCloud10 October 2018David GraeberSpeaker#germany#climatechange#berlin

Alice Martin, Carys Roberts, Aidan Harper, Will Stronge, Katja Kipping, David Graeber Session organised by: 4 Day Week Campaign, Autonomy, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Berlin The demand for a reduction of work is as old as the Labour movement itself. Generations of trade unionists and socialists knew th

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1846 - Bullsh*t Jobs w/ David Graeber

Podcast EpisodePodcastSoundCloud24 May 2018David GraeberSpeaker#london#bureaucracy#davidgraeber

Anthropologist David Graeber (@davidgraeber) joins us to discuss his book, "Bullshit Jobs: A Theory." On today's show: Trump says NFL protesters shouldn't be in the country. Milwaukee police tase NBA player Sterling Brown over parking infraction. Anthropologist and activist David Graeber joins us to

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The Bullshitisation of the Economy Has Only Just Begun: pointless labour, digitisation, and the revolt of the caring classes [Audio]

Podcast EpisodePodcastSoundCloud19 October 2018David GraeberSpeaker#education#egypt#germany

Speaker(s): Professor David Graeber | The proliferation of useless forms of employment in the professional-managerial sector has placed enormous pressure on the caring professions, leading to a major social conflagration. David Graeber (@davidgraeber) is Professor of Anthropology at the LSE and auth

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