Americans’ approval of capitalism has plunged to a record low, while their support for socialism has ticked up slightly in recent years, a new Gallup poll shows. Only 54% of US adults surveyed said ...

For years, Republicans have disparaged their political rivals by describing them as socialists. But that may not be the insult it once was for rank-and-file Democrats, who have warmed to socialism and ...

As both right- and left-leaning forms of socialism gain traction in pockets across America, we risk losing sight of the core principles that made it the most prosperous, innovative, and ...

To Thomas Carlyle, it was “one of the shabbiest gospels ever preached”. Adam Smith was an early fan, but was still suspicious of those who practised it. Rosa Luxemburg thought it fuelled imperialism ...

Every time I write about conversations with entrepreneurs, more than one person will email to ask some version of, “Why do you glorify greedy capitalists?” I’m used to it, but it still bugs me. For ...

Among the scourges of racial oppression, 17th-century Barbados was an island unto itself, a British colony that operated on its own insidious principles, turbo-charging vast wealth on the bodies of ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand how the public views socialism and capitalism. For this analysis, we surveyed 7,647 adults from Aug. 1-14, 2022. The survey was primarily ...