We love to blame Darwin for the brutal side of capitalism, but the truth is messier, and a lot more interesting, than the ...

Although the American economic system has undergone significant change since colonial times, there are identifiable threads running through the centuries-long narrative. Chief among these are the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) While many people bandy around the term “capitalism,” it actually comes in many ...

Introduction -- Book one: The age of commerce, 1660-1860. Preface: Commerce ; Mercantilism ; Organic economy, household economy ; Republican political economy ; Capitalism and the democracy ; ...

According to John Cassidy’s century-spanning history Capitalism and Its Critics, the system lives on because of its antagonists. A Social Democratic leaflet against capitalism, 1905. In 2008, on the ...

In a bold new history, Sven Beckert traces the origins of our modern economy, from global port cities to the halls of power. Centuries ago, Beckert writes, investors traveled to remote corners of the ...

The recent election of democratic socialist candidates in major U.S. cities, such as New York City's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, highlights a cultural shift toward economic models that have failed ...

The reading public now has available a large number of books on the ills of our society and economy. Most of them use, as a focal point, something called “capitalism.” The term began life as an ...

Though admirable as a humanist ideal, study after study has shown that in the real world socialism doesn’t work very well. Sadly, it leaves the work force insufficiently motivated to put forth its ...

Jay L. Zagorsky receives funding from the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute. H. Sami Karaca receives funding from the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute. Capitalism, communism and socialism are economic and ...