Roland Barthes’ notion that the author is dead has been incredibly influential, though it was not as original or ...

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

Squid Game” is a series that’s no stranger when it comes to weaving religious imagery into its narrative. Season 3 culminates ...

Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political choices.

You don’t win Squid Game by being lucky. You survive it by reading the signs, decoding symbols, anticipating patterns. And the show itself has played by the same rules.

For millennia prior to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of men, women, and children toiled from dusk ...

But, resilient, protean, abused and occasionally bailed-out, capitalism is still with us, and so are its critics, the latest in a line so long that Mr. Cassidy, who was setting out to tell ...

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 ...

John Cassidy’s “Capitalism and Its Critics” is a rewarding guide to the many fascinating attempts throughout history to rethink or resist the economic system April 19, 2025 8 min Summary ...

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 End of Capitalism appeared in Germany a couple of years ago, but it has lost none of its relevance or urgency. On the contrary, with Donald Trump in the White House promising to “ drill ...

Let's be clear: Trump's national capitalism likes to flaunt its strength, but it is actually fragile and at bay. Europe has the means to confront it, provided it regains confidence in itself ...