Black Americans have long had significantly lower wages and household wealth than White Americans. The roots of these inequities trace back to the central role slave labor once played in the nation’s ...

How do we understand Global Capitalism and the World We Live In? Sven Beckert, Capitalism: a global history, Allen Lane £50.

"Most people don’t think about their love lives in terms of capitalism," writes Sophie K Rosa in her book Radical Intimacy. "But how we practise and speak about such relationships is revealing." The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. MIAMI, FL - NOVEMBER 24: Jaime Vado fixes a display in the ...

There's a term on social media more and more young people are using to explain the feeling that no matter what they do, it's never enough: internalized capitalism. "Internalized capitalism is this ...

Americans' faith in capitalism is declining, according to a new Gallup poll. The number of Americans saying they view capitalism positively in 2025 is 54 percent, down from 60 percent in 2021.

A growing majority of young adults in the U.S. have a more negative view of capitalism, according to a new survey from Axios and Momentive. Fifty-four percent of Gen Z adults said they had a negative ...

In safety capitalism, entrepreneurs boldly predict the future and profit from developing new and better ways to do things. Most young Americans support the capitalist framework linking creativity, ...

Local hospitals complain of the costs of travel nurses. Travel nurses are supplied by corporate companies, who make oodles of profit, renting you “nursing care.” Corporate control, through MDs ...

A majority of Gen Z Americans hold negative views of capitalism, as even the number of young Republicans holding positive views of capitalism has dropped by double digits, new polling shows. The new ...