Commentary / World Mar 25, 2019
by Robert Samuelson
Americans now broadly support government programs that would be considered socialism in other countries.
World Mar 18, 2019
France uses Group of Seven presidency to issue sobering message urging a revamp of capitalism
by William Horobin
France is sounding an alarm for the world's advanced economies: Capitalism is tearing them apart. President Emmanuel Macron and his Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire are using France's presidency of the Group of Seven to argue that the system fuels inequality, destroys the planet and ...
Books Jan 27, 2018
'The Girl at the Baggage Claim' is Gish Jen's venture into the identity of self
by Nicolas Gattig
In our age of cultural sensitivity — and vocal aversion to stereotypes — it takes nerve to compare East and West. Kudos then to Gish Jen, an award winning novelist and former lecturer at Harvard University, for venturing into the fray and adding insight.
Commentary / World Oct 26, 2017
Wanted: A better defense of modern-day capitalism
by David Howell
Capitalism is taking on new forms in the 21st century, and the old arguments to defend it no longer have any relevance.
Business Jan 31, 2017
Pyongyang's only private university reaches out to Texas A&M for crop lessons
The leaders of the only private university in North Korea asked Texas A&M University, known for its agricultural economics and public health programs, for help on Monday in teaching subjects such as how to grow food in a land of chronic shortages. The Pyongyang University ...
Business Nov 23, 2016
Defectors-turned-activists say capitalists' stalls all that's keeping North Korea economy afloat
Hundreds of capitalistic markets, each with thousands of stalls, form the glue that holds North Korea's socialist planned economy together, say defectors who sold medicinal herbs, skinny jeans, TV sets, foreign drama CDs and other goods there to make a living. "People there say North ...
Commentary / World Jul 24, 2015
Conservatism with a heart? It's called socialism
by Ted Rall
Sensing their imminent demise, some U.S. Republicans want the party to embrace social and economic values more in line with the views of younger, more ethnically diverse voters.
Commentary / World Apr 7, 2015
Criminals, frauds taught capitalists about trust
by Clive Crook
The history of markets is, in part, the history of lying, cheating and stealing — and efforts to fight commercial crime.
Commentary / World Apr 6, 2015
High price of cold-hearted capitalism
by Ted Rall
At the root of Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz's likely decision to kill himself is that he lived, as we all do in the Western world, in a disposable society.
Commentary / World Mar 3, 2015
Whips, chains and capitalism: what 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is really about
by Lynn Stuart Parramore
"Fifty Shades of Grey" is a romance for a particular kind of age — a time of growing inequality.
Commentary / World Jun 17, 2014
Capitalism facilitates but doesn't ensure freedom
by Pankaj Mishra
As Democratic experiments in Thailand and Egypt collapse, there seems to be a building consensus among financial and political elites globally that authoritarian rule, rather than pluralism, is the path to happy endings.
Commentary / World Mar 10, 2014
Making a 'progressive' economy competitive
by David Sainsbury
The neoliberal model has not performed well relative to the previous 30 years in terms of economic growth, financial stability and social justice. If a credible progressive alternative were to take shape, what should be the main outlines of such an alternative?