PERC director Will Davies is joined by Neil Vallelly (University of Otago) to discuss his new book 'Futilitarianism: neoliberalism and the production of uselessness'. Vallelly tells the story of how neoliberalism transformed the relationship between utility and the common good. The book at once maps the historical relationship between utilitarianism and capitalism, develops an original framework for understanding neoliberalism, and recounts the lived experience of uselessness in the early twenty-first century. In doing so, it shows that countering the futility of neoliberal existence is essential to building an egalitarian, sustainable, and hopeful future.