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248 Spring 2022

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Michael McClelland

Michael McClelland is a writer living in Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Articles by Michael McClelland:

11 February 202116 March 2021

Mass unemployment, bullshit jobs, and ‘essential’ work

Michael McClelland

By keeping the work that is necessary for human wellbeing, by expanding the work that is necessary for human happiness, and by abolishing the work that serves neither purpose, we would be making the most strategic move of all: protecting the vitality of the planet.