High school teachers say that teaching capitalism has become increasingly politicized, with students drawn to figures like ...
Market capitalism is under attack, coming from two separate assaults. As an economic system, it is criticized for deepening inequality and enriching a small group of elites. Simultaneously, the ...
In a world where EM are no longer just catch-up stories but laboratories of technological & business model evolution, ex-SOE ...
If interest rates become policy decisions, what survives may look less like capitalism and more like permanent crisis ...
Yesterday I claimed that most people on the left and right recognize that economics and morality can’t be safely quarantined from each other. But whereas those on the left usually start with questions ...
In the brilliant Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, economist Joseph Schumpeter argues that capitalism’s economic success, paradoxically, eventually undermines its necessary social foundations.
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff does something a little different. He dives deep into the 200+ year old debate and struggle between capitalism and socialism and looks into how it has ...
In a Pew Foundation opinion survey report in September of 2022, it was found that only 46 percent of Democrats had a “positive” view of capitalism, down from 55 percent in 2019. On the other hand, 74 ...
This is an interesting variation on the Easterlin Paradox, the idea that past a certain point a country getting richer doesn't seem to make it any happier. The contention now is that not being ...
That two-word phrase is a reminder — a reminder to politicians and officeholders to let us live our lives the way we want to ...