From capitalism and socialism to anarchism and authoritarianism, this video breaks down the core ideas behind the world’s ...

Buzz cuts, fades, lace fronts, shaved brows, neon dyes, queer hair trends became about autonomy and play. Hair transformed into a visible declaration of selfhood, signaling freedom, rebellion, and ...

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 ...

"To understand capitalism, we need to be able to see it." Sounds simple, sure. But when Sven Beckert shares this observation, just a few pages into Capitalism: A Global History, the Harvard professor ...

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 ...

Among the scourges of racial oppression, 17th-century Barbados was an island unto itself, a British colony that operated on its own insidious principles, turbo-charging vast wealth on the bodies of ...

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 ...

The 20th century was the best of times and the worst of times. On the dark side, as many as 270 million citizens were estimated to have been killed by governments that describe themselves as ...

Call it industrial policy, state capitalism, old-fashioned socialism: It’s a bad idea. Across several recent administrations, the US government’s role in the economy has grown increasingly intrusive.

Capitalism relies on private ownership and profits, with minimal government intervention. Supply and demand dictate pricing and distribution in capitalist systems. Critics argue capitalism can lead to ...

According to John Cassidy’s century-spanning history Capitalism and Its Critics, the system lives on because of its antagonists. A Social Democratic leaflet against capitalism, 1905. In 2008, on the ...

As New York City’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mandani lays out progressive plans on the campaign trail, a new Fox News national survey reveals capitalism remains more popular than socialism.