Capitalism

A university professor has suggested that high-cost, predatory consumer loans should be given a “pass” because the employees are “friendly” and because consumer advocates are “out of touch.”

Robert Pollin proposes a post-austerity policy agenda that lays out a clear path to job creation and lowering public debt - while advancing greater equality.

Ecosocialism is an attempt to provide a radical, civilizational alternative to capitalism, rooted in the basic arguments of the ecological movement, and in the Marxist critique of political economy.

Richmond's city council is only one vote short of the supermajority needed to pursue eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages and renegotiate them on behalf of homeowners, and it …

Kevin Roose talks about sneaking into a secret wall street society initiation and what he learned from the experience.

Campus sexual assault is a major safety concern that university administrations have major financial incentives to underreport.

Richard Wolff discusses his conviction that making the transition from capitalism to socialism requires a deliberate critique of workplace organization.

What words best describe present-day Washington politics? “Tacit consensus,” would be a good start.

Mike Lofgren shines a light on the secret web of influence-peddling that spreads far and wide beneath the surface of our democracy in his essay on what he calls …

The Deep State operates according to its own compass heading regardless of who is formally in power.