Explore capitalism's core features, including private ownership, minimal government intervention, and a two-class structure, driving free-market economies worldwide.

Capitalism, in its current industrial/financial form originating in England, is 250 years old. It is characterized by relentless appropriation of land and resources, exploitation of labor and ...

As global conversations around race, inequality and economic justice continue to gain momentum, development economist, financial anthropologist and author Dr Naa-Du Laryea is challenging long-held ...

America’s dependence on fossil fuels isn’t just an environmental problem; it’s an innovation problem. Entire sectors of the economy — from transportation to housing to finance — are built around an ...

One of the joys of Capitalism and Its Critics, John Cassidy’s unexpectedly lively romp through the two-and-a-half-century history of capitalism, is its fine sense for dramatic reversals. Nearly a ...

Learn about mixed economies blending capitalism and socialism. Explore their features, benefits, and challenges in this ...

Since the Jeffrey Epstein scandal sent shockwaves around the world, many Western critics have warned that something has gone profoundly wrong, and that capitalism, in its contemporary form, bears much ...

In her economic speech in Pittsburg last week, Vice President Kamala Harris declared, “I am a capitalist.” Earlier, she had told Wall Street and fashion titans (capitalists all) in the Hamptons that ...

Given the downsides of our global economic system, it is clear we must reform it. But how? However, one thing has changed in the interim period between ‘BC’ (before Covid) and ‘AC’ (after Covid): ...

My July 2 column was mainly about how fraught it is to predict the future direction and impact of the climate crisis. The column began with a prediction from Gunther Thallinger a bigwig in the ...

Neoimperialism, Uninhibited Violence, and Global Civil War by Pablo Jiménez, from Insurgent Notes #25, January 2023.

Yesterday, a Florida court handed down an historic ruling, ordering Chiquita Brands International to pay $38.3 million in damages to the families of eight Colombian men killed by a right-wing ...