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“A strange delusion possesses the working classes of the nations where capitalist civilization holds its sway. This delusion drags in its train the individual and social woes which for two centuries have tortured sad humanity. This delusion is the love of work, the furious passion for work, pushed even to the exhaustion of the vital force of the individual and his progeny. Instead of opposing this mental aberration, the priests, the economists and the moralists have cast a sacred halo over work” (Lafargue, 1909, p. 9).

Stone Age Economics

Marshall Sahlins and David Graeber

Productivity succeeds as an inclusive if myopic belief structure at a time that workplaces are challenged to celebrate a variety of values without privileging any ideology in particular.

Counterproductive: Time Management in the Knowledge Economy

Melissa Gregg

Political strategy and advocacy firms at all levels of government can offer experienced teams with expertise, networks, and relationships nonprofits don’t have. Instead of reinventing the wheel, we’ve often contracted with political consulting firms that have roots in both major parties.

Getting Political Is Good for Everyone

ssir.org

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