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Erin Cech, "The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality" (U California Press, 2021)

New Books in Critical Theory

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The Passion Principle

CNN's John Sutter talks about the passion principle in his new book, tranatel. He says people who are affluent have a very different view of what it means to be "passionate" The author found that students from wealthy families saw pursuing passion as an ideal way to think about their careers. But he said there were striking economic differences after they graduated.

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