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Why do pointless jobs exist?

9 mins | May 19, 2018

How many of us feel like our jobs are pointless? Then why do they exist? Pilita Clark, from the Financial Times, reviews in May 2018 David Graeber’s insightful book, aptly titled Bullshit Jobs, to find out why and what the solution could be.

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