{"product_id":"bullshit-jobs-book-david-graeber-9780241263884","title":"Bullshit Jobs","description":"'Spectacular and terrifyingly true' Owen Jones 'Explosive' John McDonnell, New Statesman, Books of the Year 'Thought-provoking and funny' The Times  Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you  ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs  probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. This book shows why, and what we can do about it.  In  the early twentieth century, people prophesied that technology would  see us all working fifteen-hour weeks and driving flying cars. Instead,  something curious happened. Not only have the flying cars not  materialised, but average working hours have increased rather than  decreased. And now, across the developed world, three-quarters of all  jobs are in services, finance or admin: jobs that don't seem to  contribute anything to society. In Bullshit Jobs, David Graeber  explores how this phenomenon - one more associated with the Soviet  Union, but which capitalism was supposed to eliminate - has happened. In  doing so, he looks at how, rather than producing anything, work has  become an end in itself; the way such work maintains the current broken  system of finance capital; and, finally, how we can get out of it.   This  book is for anyone whose heart has sunk at the sight of a whiteboard,  who believes 'workshops' should only be for making things, or who just  suspects that there might be a better way to run our world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49546029400337,"sku":"GOR009780221","price":9.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49570379923729,"sku":"GOR009067083","price":13.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49654838460689,"sku":"GOR009627430","price":8.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49666380136721,"sku":"GOR009092600","price":8.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0241263883.jpg?v=1750908939","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/bullshit-jobs-book-david-graeber-9780241263884","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}