5.2.5 Emprego a vocación

Although systems of oversight function at a macroeconomic level, their impact on people’s lives and jobs can be seen in many microeconomic ways. Although a job and a vocation can both be described as “work,” the latter implies significance while the former just demands subsistence. The economy operates under the assumption that jobbing serves as the primary method of providing. To put it another way, if you don’t have a job, you won’t be able to support your family or yourself. This arrangement ignores the aspect of work that has significance; even if you are fortunate enough to land a job, there’s a considerable chance it won’t be meaningful. In his 2018 book Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, anthropologist David Graeber details how many workers and contractors describe their jobs as useless in their own words.

Cal podería ser o traballo? Que tipo de mundo sería se a xente puidese dedicar a maioría das súas horas de vixilia a realizar un traballo? Que características da poboación serían necesarias para realizar este potencial? Que tipo de capacidade necesitaría a economía? As restricións económicas reais inclúen as relacionadas cos recursos naturais, as horas de traballo, o benestar humano e ambiental, as tecnoloxías dispoñibles e as oportunidades educativas. A oferta monetaria dos estados soberanos e a súa distribución, en contraste con estas restricións naturais, están dentro do ámbito da axencia humana. Os seus regulamentos son fabricados e rexenerables.