His final contribution lies elsewhere: in his dialectical materialist theory of history, and even more important, in his pessimistic analysis of the outlook for a capitalist economy. What was Marx ...

Capitalism is often thought of as an economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their interests, and demand and supply freely set prices in markets in a way that ...

This course seeks to explore the theory, history, and state structures of capitalism; examine its manifestations in several national contexts; and understand the ways in which systemic changes to ...

Lenin's imperialist theory of capitalism has been very influential, so it is worthwhile considering briefly a few other aspects of his analysis. Lenin sought to explain how it was that capitalism ...

Patten argues that Vermont’s socially responsible businesses, including Ben & Jerry’s, Gardeners Supply, and Green Mountain Power, offer a model of how business can support positive change. “The ...

proposed that macroeconomics — the “science” of capitalism — was perhaps a fantasy field of study equivalent to string theory, which no longer had any legitimate claim to describing the ...

From political movements to technological advances to representations of race, capitalism influences everything. Explore its power. The Global Capitalism Integrative Pathway will cultivate critical ...

Joseph E. Stiglitz is the World Bank Senior Vice President for Development Economics and chief economist, and a past chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. He is currently on leave from ...

Saito Kohei says the coronavirus pandemic has emerged as evidence of "a paradox" of global capitalism. His "Capital in the Anthropocene" has sold about 400,000 copies in Japan since its 2020 ...