Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism (Outspoken by Pluto)

Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021*** Evenings suggestions will appeal to anyone who has ever done a job they hated…—The Guardian “Work hard, get paid”.

It's simple.

Self-evident.

But it's also a lie - at least for most of us.

For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure, well-paying job in the future.

Far from a gateway to riches and fulfilment, 'work' means precarity, anxiety and alienation.