This is Part 3 of The Brazilian Report’s special series on the Jair Bolsonaro administration’s proposal to reform public service in Brazil. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 4. You can also download an eBook including all four parts at the end of this article.
In his best-selling book “Bullshit jobs: a theory,” American anthropologist David Graeber argues that millions of people across the world are knowingly toiling away in pointless, unnecessary jobs. Mr. Graeber considers a “bullshit job”— one in which even the person doing the job can’t really justify its existence, but they have to pretend...
