Podcast HackThe Case Against Loving Your JobBy The Ezra Klein Show, Ezra Klein, Sarah Jaffe
In a Nutshell
In this November 2021 episode of The Ezra Klein Show, guest host Rogé Karma sits down with journalist Sarah Jaffe to discuss the new labor movement gaining traction in the United States.
Favorite Quote
I don't think that work should provide us meaning because at the end of the day, we are working because we live under a system called capitalism that requires private profits. And in order to make those profits, you need to exploit workers ...
Sarah Jaffe
Introduction
The COVID-19 pandemic radically redefined the new normal across all areas of our lives.
Although the unemployment rate has recovered since the spring of 2020, thousands of Americans are reconsidering their career paths, in search of less exploitative positions.
The Ezra Klein show, hosted by journalist, columnist, and Vox co-founder Ezra Klein, sits down with experts to talk about life's hard-hitting issues.
In this November 2021 episode, guest host and staff editor Rogé Karma speaks with labor journalist Sarah Jaffe about her new book Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone.
Karma and Jaffe talk about America's obsession with hard work, how we've been conditioned to tie our worth to our jobs, and what we can do to establish a better work-life balance.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
- 1.The pandemic has triggered a new labor movement fighting for higher pay and better work-life balance
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