From bestselling writer David Graeber—“a expert of checking thought and stimulating debate” (Slate)—a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs…and their consequences.

Does your job make a meaningful contribution towards the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question inside a playful, provocative essay entitled “On the Trend of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After one million online sights in seventeen different dialects, people all over the world about Bullshit Careers: A Theory remain debating the response.

You will find hordes of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs.

Graeber explores among culture’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a specific strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. “Clever and charismatic” (THE BRAND NEW Yorker), Bullshit Careers gives individuals, companies, and societies permission to endure a change in values, placing creative and nurturing work at the center of our culture. This book can be for everyone who would like to turn their vocation back to an avocation and “a thought-provoking examination of our working lives” (Financial Moments).