Work Audiobook By James Suzman cover art

Work

A History of How We Spend Our Time

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

Work

By: James Suzman
Narrated by: Matt Jamie
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $20.71

Buy for $20.71

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

About this listen

A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever-more automated present.

The work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and dictates how we spend most of our time. But this wasn't always the case: for 95 percent of our species' history, work held a radically different importance.

How, then, did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? How did it transform our bodies, our environments, our views on equality and our sense of time? And why, in a time of material abundance, are we working more than ever before?

©2020 James Suzman (P)2020 Audible, Ltd Civilization Economic History Economics Labor & Industrial Relations Politics & Government Sociology World Economic disparity Capitalism
All stars
Most relevant  
Well done James. This is an insightful read and you have me rethinking how i fill precious time.

Fabulous read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.