BS Jobs and the Protestant Work Ethic

Overview & Shownotes

Philosopher Elizabeth Anderson joins Andy on the show to discuss the relationship between so-called bullsh*t jobs and the Protestant work ethic. On this episode and every episode, we dig into the complicated moral issues people face in the workplace.

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Shownotes

• Elizabeth Anderson
• David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs
• Puritanism 
• The text of Richard Baxter’s The Saint’s Everlasting Rest 
• What is universal basic income? 
• What was the New Deal?
• The Green New Deal Bill
• Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan
• Adam Smith, political economist and philosopher
• John Stuart Mill, political economist and philosopher 

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