Democratic socialism is gaining traction among younger Americans due to their dissatisfaction with capitalism, which has ...

What does it truly mean to own something in today’s economy? In practice, most ownership is mediated. Stocks are held through brokers and custodians, real estate through mortgages and registries and ...

Snapchat gave you nine years to fill their servers with your memories. Now they're charging you to keep them. In September 2025, Snapchat announced it would end free storage for "Memories", the ...

A conversation with Alyssa Battistoni about the essential and contradictory nature of capitalism to the environment and her new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. The voluminous ...

On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the censoring of U.S. government reports on hunger, changes in U.S. agriculture amid capitalism’s decline, the special ...

In a bold new history, Sven Beckert traces the origins of our modern economy, from global port cities to the halls of power. Centuries ago, Beckert writes, investors traveled to remote corners of the ...

In September, 1639, John Winthrop, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, recorded in his journal a dreadful tale of Puritan true crime. One Robert Keayne had prospered as a London merchant ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: Capitalism is good. It rewards innovation and creativity and results in prosperity. In theory, all ...

Zuckerberg’s metaverse pitch isn’t just about tech—it’s about reshaping how we work, spend, and socialize under corporate control. Trump’s shutdown win just landed Republicans with a huge political ...

The share of registered voters with positive views of capitalism has dropped under 50% for the first time in seven years of NBC News polling on the issue — a shift that comes as some democratic ...

Do we really live in a new form of digital slavery? A question that may at first seem philosophical, but today it is entirely real in light of the expansion of artificial intelligence and the ...