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Illich, Ivan The Right to Useful Unemployment and Its Professional Enemies 1978 Book Unemployment Unemployment, Satisfaction, Creativity, Freedom, Politics, Poverty, Post-Industrialism, Modern Poverty, Unpaid Labour, Expertise
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The Right to Useful Unemployment and Its Professional Enemies

by Illich, Ivan (1978)

Keywords

Unemployment, Satisfaction, Creativity, Freedom, Politics, Poverty, Post-Industrialism, Modern Poverty, Unpaid Labour, Expertise

Themes

Unemployment

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Citation

Illich, Ivan. The Right to Useful Unemployment and Its Professional Enemies. Marion Boyars, 1978.

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