Summary of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber

Complete summary of David Graeber book Bullshit Jobs About the original book: In 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that by the end of the century, we would all be working fifteen-hour weeks. But then something strange happened. The average working hours have grown rather than reduced in recent years. And now, three-quarters of all occupations in the industrialized world are in services or administration, positions that don't appear to give value to society—bullshit jobs. David Graeber's book Bullshit Jobs investigates how this issue - more identified with the Soviet Union in the twentieth century, but which capitalism was intended to eradicate - came to be. He examines how we value labor and how, rather than being productive, work has become a goal in itself; how much work perpetuates the existing dysfunctional financial capital system; and, eventually, how we might break free.