capitalism

A celebrated new book shows U.S. capitalism doesn’t need to damage the planet. One problem: Its data is flawed.

Decentralizing decision-making can help left-behind regions get back on track.

Thomas Piketty’s new book argues that rising inequality is explained by politics, not economics, and offers some radical solutions.

Tracking the sources of socialist conduct.

Capitalism is still the best way to handle risk and boost innovation and productivity.

The future depends on a social democracy that doesn’t reshape capitalism but transcends it.

Along with their latest dire predictions, the world’s leading climate scientists offered a new path forward—but will anyone take it?

The philosophy of economics doesn’t make for a good movie. It gets easier if you drop the philosophy and the economics.

Xi Jinping's dictatorship isn't what the end of history was supposed to look like.

The Trump administration’s rollback of Obama’s opening to Cuba is a step in the wrong direction.

It’s a law of nature: rising states and established powers come to blows. But can the Trump administration avoid a clash of nuclear superpowers?

Should we really be surprised that young people are rejecting the economic status quo?

Pope Francis is popular, but his calls for action on climate change fall flat.

Joshua Oppenheimer’s unsettling new film, "The Look of Silence," raises questions about the troubling relationship between global capitalism and western complicity.

Traditional democratic institutions are failing. It’s time for an upgrade.