Discover how government impacts capitalism, regulation, and free markets. Explore different economic theories and their views ...

First things first: Marxism is a theory of capitalism. You can think of it this way: There is a theory of the force called gravity. There is also a theory of the force known as a strong force, which ...

This is the first part of a two-part article. Throughout the history of capitalism and its recurrent crises, various theories have been brought forward by “left” theorists who maintain that these ...

Discover how capitalism and free market economies differ and overlap, influencing nations to blend these systems for economic growth and stability.

Prolific social theorist Harvey explains how a turn towards harshly neo-liberal policies in the 1970s and 80s, specifically in the U.S. (and its involvement in the economies of Chile and Mexico) and ...

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Stephanie Kelton, a professor of economics and public policy, formerly chief economist on the US Senate Budget Committee with the endorsement of Bernie Sanders, is a leading proponent of modern ...

'Orthodox' Marxist crisis theories have, in neglecting Marxism's philosophical roots, wandered into a cul-de-sac of their own logical empiricist making and are unable to offer, therefore, a viable ...

The left has always attacked capitalism as being anti-social, but today much of the criticism of free markets comes from the right. Capitalism, they claim, ...

This is the second part of an article. Part one is available here. Historically, gold emerged as the money commodity. Over the past century and more, fiat money issued by the state has come to replace ...