Capitalism

Calvinism's embrace of wealth as a sign of divine election lives on in the red state/blue state religious and social welfare divides.

Corruption is endemic to the capitalist system and has not been successfully regulated away. Perhaps a system change is warranted, suggests Richard D Wolff.

“The individual bully is the creation of the bully nation,” according to sociologists Yale Magrass and Charles Derber, who note that bullying Chris Christie-style is a product of a …

Contrarians of the world should unite to identify and challenge these ruling ideas.

Kevin O'Leary's recent remarks inspire this open letter to the 85 richest people in the world.

Gar Alperovitz tells Paul Jay that if you concentrate wealth at the top, there's not enough purchasing power to make the rest of the system work.

Author Costas Lapavitsas discusses how the neoliberal capture of the state has laid the ground for the financialization of capitalism.

Although NY faces a $1.7 billion deficit this year, Governor Cuomo proposes a huge tax giveaway to the wealthiest citizens, costing the state nearly $800 million and embolding others.

Wonder why drug prices are skyrocketing? A primer on how lobbying works best to make people really rich.

Gar Alperovitz tells Paul Jay, that the Vietnam War made it clear there was no way to a more rational capitalism and there had to be fundamental change.