Cover of the book. It's red and featuring a suited person with their head replace by a bundle of confusion. The top of the page shows the title, Economics for the exploited, and the bottom of the page shows the subtitle A Guide to Marxist Economics.

Economics For The Exploited - A Guide to Marxist Economics

By James O'Toole

Published: Apr 2026

Price: €15

Description

Why do wages stay low while corporate profits rise?

Why does rent swallow up half your pay?

Why do economic crises keep coming back?

In this clear and accessible guide to Marxist economics, James O’Toole breaks down all the key ideas without jargon or academic fog.

This isn’t a book for economists. It’s for workers who want to understand the system we live under and know it needs to change. If you’ve ever felt the capitalist economy doesn’t work for us, this book will show you why. Capitalism can never be reformed, it has to be overthrown.

Madeleine Johansson is a socialist councillor on South Dublin County Council and a long-standing working class activist. She is the author of “Reform or Revolution — Sweden, Socialism and the Welfare State.”