If capitalism had been overthrown as quickly as Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels had at first expected, John Cassidy’s sprawling “Capitalism and Its Critics” would have been shorter and easier ...

In moments of crisis, it’s easy to think that capitalism is finished. But don't forget the system’s formidable ability to mutate.

Some left writers have argued that contemporary capitalism is mutating into a form of “neofeudalism” as tech barons run amok. But what we’re actually witnessing is an important shift within ...

The most haunting figure in this book is an outlier: Thomas Carlyle, the 19th-century Scottish essayist, whose assumptions about both capitalism and humanity were so dark that he made no room for ...

Some of the figures who appear in “Capitalism and Its Critics” are mainstays of left and liberal thought. One could hardly write a multi-century history of opposition to capitalism without ...

Yet, capitalism persisted—evolving, adapting, and resisting its demise. By the late 19th century, figures like Edward Bernstein and Rosa Luxemburg reignited the debate.

The fact that Pope Francis embraced a critique of capitalism that came from progressive economists, dissident political figures, and activists in the streets—as opposed to accepting the ...

This first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here. "The Skateboarding Ethic and the Spirit of Anti-Capitalism." That was the title of an unusual paper presented at the ...