Explore socialism's history, core theories, and modern examples of socialist countries. Learn how socialism compares to capitalism and its role in today's global economy.

Welcome to our regime of political capitalism, where merit matters but political connections matter even more. In an unalloyed capitalist system, money flows to those who offer goods and services of ...

It’s hard to recall a single ideology driving the Occupy Wall Street movement that sprung up after the 2008 financial crisis. Still, many of those activists used the opportunity to protest capitalism ...

For a long time, the word “capitalism” was taboo. Now that multimillionaires and billionaires have taken over the U.S.

Welcome to our regime of political capitalism, where merit matters but political connections matter even more. In an unalloyed capitalist system, money flows to those who offer goods and services of ...

Socialism or barbarism, democracy or gangster rule, shared futures or organized cruelty. History opened the question. What ...

Explore how political economy examines the impacts of economic theories, like capitalism, on real-world interactions and policies globally.

The looming election has brought forward intensifying debates over a capitalism in crisis, rising nationalism and state power, and the possibility of a renewed fascism. Polarized politics and ...

Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks ...

Sven Beckert is the Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University and author of Capitalism: A Global History, which is a finalist for the 2026 Lionel Gelber Prize, presented by the Munk School ...

Most US historians assume that capitalism either “came in the first ships” or was the inevitable result of the expansion of the market. Unable to analyze the dynamics of specific forms of social ...

Protesters gather at the Ohio Statehouse to protest the “Stay at Home” order in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / Getty Images) In 2017, overdoses became the leading cause of death among ...