A large and growing sector of the U.S. economy produces nothing of value. Nada. Zilch.

Crypto. Derivatives. Private equity. Every winner comes at the expense of a current or future loser.

Shouldn’t a rational society heavily tax this zero-sum work? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-economys-large-and-growing-unproductive#details

The economy's large and growing unproductive sector

Listen now | It's also where you find many of the nation's ultra-rich

Robert Reich

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David Graeber had a word for those kind of jobs…

https://youtu.be/jHx5rePmz2Y

BULLSHIT JOBS - David Graeber

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@cgerrish @rbreich Aaack. I kinda have one of those jobs. At least some of the time it seems like that.