Unpaid

Why work doesn't pay

A searing and revelatory unmasking of the despicable reality of modern capitalism. Few books are able to make complex ideas so accessible - yet this is one of them

Passionately political. A vital read for anyone who works for a living

An absolutely essential guide to capitalist class relations. Unpaid unflinchingly catalogues the reality of labour exploitation under capitalism, presenting Marx's most important ideas in a clear, succinct and compelling way

The future is being stolen from us, day by day. The glorious technological future we are constantly being told is imminent is in fact, Matt Cole reminds us, built with unpaid labor. In this deeply researched and meticulously argued book, Cole provides a sharpened blade with which to take on the techno-oligarchs (and ordinary bad bosses, too)

Matthew Cole is an Assistant Professor of Technology, Work and Employment at the University of Sussex and a life-long trade unionist. His research revolves around the political economy of work and technology, with a particular focus on wage theft. His writing has been published in Jacobin, Novara, Vice, OpenDemocracy, the Independent, Salvage, and in various academic journals.