Heretics always remain tied to the church. To break out, what you do is nail your theses on the door, turn around and develop your own framework.” Most students of Anwar Shaikh, including the ...

One of the joys of Capitalism and Its Critics, John Cassidy’s unexpectedly lively romp through the two-and-a-half-century history of capitalism, is its fine sense for dramatic reversals. Nearly a ...

American exceptionalism is often dismissed today as nostalgia or arrogance. In reality, it is neither. It is a practical observation about how a particular system, rooted in liberty, markets, and ...

Capitalism is a distinctive mode of economic organization, one that emerged relatively recently in human history. What distinguishes it, a new history argues, is not a reliance on coercion or ...

Polls show many young voters favor socialism amid economic frustrations. Government subsidies and rules distort markets and raise prices in housing and education. Teach capitalism via programs like ...

Business icon Ken Langone grew up in a working-class family in Roslyn Heights, New York. He first made a name for himself on Wall Street as billionaire Ross Perot’s banker and went on to co-found one ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Author, professor and founder. Deeply curious about leadership. Churchill once quipped that democracy was “the worst form of ...

Are you feeling bad? Sad? Lonely? Despondent about your life? Anxious about politics? Angry about the state of the world? The gurus and influencers and deep thinkers of the internet have identified ...

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos recently announced that the editorial pages of his newspaper will defend “personal liberties and free markets.” It is an admirable commitment. Our only complaint is ...

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