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From Managerial Feudalism to the Revolt of the Caring Classes

David Graeber

One apparent paradox of the digitisation of work is that while productivity in manufacturing is skyrocketing, productivity in caring professions (health, education) is actually declining - sparking a global wave of labour struggle. Existing economic paradigms blind us to understanding how economies have come to be organised. We meed an entirely new discipline, based on a different set of values.