Sven Beckert has spent nearly a decade trying to understand the 1,000-year-old thing that capitalism is. "This is a ...

Capitalism is often treated as a timeless backdrop to modern life, a system that simply emerged in Europe and then swept the globe by force of inevitability. A new global history by Harvard historian ...

America’s president, Donald Trump, is taking things further. He sees companies as a useful tool to enhance state power. He ...

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 ...

Centuries of management practice were built on cruelty and exploitation. But history also offers a countercurrent – leaders ...

Economic collapse shattered Germany in the 1930s, allowing fascism to rise from the wreckage. Amid national humiliation and mass unemployment, Hitler exploited the public fear, redirected economic ...

Making markets -- The capitalist constitution / Woody Holton -- What was the great bull market? / Julia Ott -- The new york city fiscal crisis and the idea of the state / Kim Phillips-Fein -- ...

Capitalism has long been heralded by many economists as the best economic system around, rewarding — and therefore encouraging — competition and innovation, creating wealth, stimulating growth and ...

Introduction -- A commercial republic: 1776-1860 -- The two Americas -- The triumph of capitalism: 1865-1914 -- The age of giants -- The revolt against laissez-faire -- The business of America is ...

Why do people, especially college students, continue to praise communism and socialism when we've all seen what happens?

It’s unlikely that reading a book—or reading at all, let alone an infinite scroll or hardback doorstopper—will ever be a popular way to ring in a new year. But 2025 gave us a tome worthy of such ...

High school teachers say that teaching capitalism has become increasingly politicized, with students drawn to figures like ...