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In moments of crisis, it’s easy to think that capitalism is finished. But don't forget the system’s formidable ability to mutate.
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Emily Ratajkowski is stunning in her ruched braless minidress while lounging around her bed, but fans aren't happy at all.
Global capitalism has lost its dynamism. It is time to regulate capital for social good and inclusive development ...
For millennia prior to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of men, women, and children toiled from dusk ...
Murray Rothbard is the most prominent figure associated with anarcho-capitalism, often considered the ideology’s father. His seminal work, “For a New Liberty,” serves as a manifesto, outlining a ...
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 ...
Yet, capitalism persisted—evolving, adapting, and resisting its demise. By the late 19th century, figures like Edward Bernstein and Rosa Luxemburg reignited the debate.