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Take These Jobs And Shove ‘Em

Posted on September 25, 2021 by admin

40% of Dutch employees acknowledged that their positions had no good reason to exist. Graeber says these numbers are artificially low, because many employees never see the outcome of their company’s business, so can’t appreciate how useless it is. We need to do away with bullshit jobs and start caretaking our planet and each other. Continue reading →

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Economics for a Sacred Earth

Posted on August 23, 2021 by admin

In a sacred Earth economy, Nature wouldn’t be brutally exploited, and workers would not be driven by the threat of hunger and homelessness. Could such an economy create large numbers of cars, airplanes, or bombs? No. Could it provide cheap fast-food hamburgers? Probably not. Continue reading →

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We Need Economic Stability, Not Economic Growth

Posted on April 28, 2021 by admin

Growth is good up to a point. In the rich countries, according to economist Herman Daly, we are far past that point. The more we grow from here on, the worse off we will be. Continue reading →

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