Where some celebrated the triumph of liberal capitalism in the 1990s, Hobsbawm saw a failed dream.

Airline fees are capitalism, and by God, Marjorie Taylor Greene loves them!

Branko Milanovic and Guido Alfani study inequality over the course of human history. The results are not good.

A naval port in Nome, Alaska, is the latest example of military and corporate interests rushing in as the Arctic thaws.

How Sam Bankman-Fried and other unscrupulous CEOs managed to swindle so many people

Sohrab Ahmari makes the case against big business. But how convincing is his commitment to help workers?

From start-up countries to gated communities, privately ruled zones can sidestep taxes, regulation, and democratic rule itself.

How conservatives made him their icon and distorted his ideas

Our current system defines health as the ability to work. Those who can’t are abandoned and exploited.

A proposed change would teach kids how the free market “made America the most free and prosperous country in the world.”

It’s easy to bemoan our “capitalist hellscape”—or use it to justify a soulless, obscenely lucrative job. But few Americans are willing to put in the hard work of being an actual anti-capitalist.

Nancy Fraser talks about work, debt, and a breakdown of shared meaning.

In the wake of economic crises, liberal democracies proved most adept at imposing austerity.

Lea Ypi’s memoir recounts Albania’s troubled transition to democracy.

They loathe any words that imply an obligation to their fellow human beings.

Inside the world of sweepers—committed competitors trying to game the system or maybe just win a lifetime supply of Gatorade.

Corporate America might protest, but the potential of a patent waiver on Covid-19 vaccines is worth celebrating—and fighting for.

Big business has no reason either to believe or worry about the GOP’s empty threats.

The cultural impetus to hustle is built on decades-old political language. Why not try idleness instead?

It turns out Reddit can move markets. Can Wall Street regain control? Is anyone better off if it does?