This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com

and by Haymarket Books, which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.

One that you might like is, Dying for an iPhone, Apple, Foxcon, and The Lives of China's Workers, by Jenny Chan, Poon Guy, and Mark Selden.

Suicides, excessive overtime, and hostility and violence on the factory floor in China.

Drawing on vivid testimonies from rural migrant workers, student interns, managers, and trade union staff.

Dying for an iPhone is a devastating expose of two of the world's most powerful companies,

Foxcon and Apple. As the leading manufacturer of iPhones, iPads, and Kindles, and employing one million workers in China alone,

Taiwanese invested Foxcon's drive to dominate global electronics manufacturing has aligned perfectly

with China's goal of becoming the world leader in technology. This book reveals the human cost of that ambition

and what our demands for the newest and best technology

mean for workers.

Dying for an iPhone, Apple, Foxcon,

and the lives of China's workers by Jenny Chan,

Bungai, and Mark Selden.

Out now from Haymarket Books.

Plus, I interviewed Jenny Chan for the dig last year on Chinese political economy and the state of the working class and all of that.

And I will link to that interview in the show notes.

Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine.

My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

Last week, I did a live video interview with left-wing economist and politician Janus Ferufakis.

We discuss the corona economic crisis in general and the significance of the mutualization of European debt in particular.

And other things, too. Anyhow, as you know, Janus is always both sharp and extremely

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