As thinkers like Adorno understood generations ago, molding and hijacking desire is an essential aspect of modern capitalism. The surveillance capitalism might be using powerful new means, but it is ...

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

As a 45-year-old who just left his job, I read George Soros's assessment of the world economy with concern ("The Crisis of Global Capitalism," The World Economy, Feb. 1). Soros predicts that Thailand ...

In 2014, the French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century became an international sensation, reshaping the inequality debate and launching its author into superstardom.

Henry Ford paid good wages to his employees, so that they and their families could afford to buy his cars. In many businesses ...

The left is in shambles everywhere while hard-right and far-right parties are riding high in polls across the world. I contend that globalization is at the heart of these developments, and thus it is ...

As the impeachment trial of President Trump comes to an end, many are asking themselves, what was this about? Is it about stopping an authoritarian president from abusing presidential power, or is ...

Leftist intellectuals were disappointed when the global financial crisis of 2008/2009 did not lead to the collapse of capitalism. They are now pinning their hopes on the coronavirus to create their ...

Cheap Chinese products, like motorcycles that sell for only $440, are flooding China’s southern neighbors and consumers in Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia are laying out the welcome mat. The ...

A majority of people around the world believe that capitalism is a negative force, according to a new study. Researchers contacted 34,000 individuals in 28 countries, including the US, France, China ...