Best for: People interested in labor issues and economic theory. In a nutshell: Some jobs don’t serve a purpose. They’re usually paid fairly well, but they don’t need to exist. Why do we as a society allow these jobs to exist, and what are they doing to the people who hold them? Worth quoting: “We can probably conclude that at least half of all work being done in our society could be eliminated without making any real difference at all.” “The underlying assumption is that […]