Many values espoused by the World Economic Forum — globalization, liberalism, free market capitalism, representative democracy — are under attack.
Tag Archives: Capitalism (Theory and Philosophy)
Courage Seemed to be Dead. Then Came Zelensky.
Can economics make sense of heroism?
Can Business Schools Really Help Us ‘Reimagine Capitalism’?
It’s not your grandfather’s M.B.A.
Elon Musk’s Extraterrestrial Capitalism
Billionaires, having read stories of world-building as boys, are now rich enough, as men, to build worlds. The rest of us are trapped in them.
Book Review: ‘Time for Socialism,’ by Thomas Piketty
Piketty’s “Time for Socialism” is a collection of recent pieces criticizing the maldistribution of wealth in the West and tracing his own political evolution.
The Stock Market’s Gains Could Be Spread More Fairly
The markets going up even as wages stagnate is not a sign of a rigged system.
Joe Manchin Should Stop Talking About ‘Entitlement’
And the left should start.
The Mogul in Search of a Kinder, Gentler Capitalism
Lynn Forester de Rothschild, founder of the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism, believes change will come when hedge fund billionaires and Pope Francis work together.
Is Capitalism Killing Conservatism?
The conservative responses to stagnation and decay are incoherent and insufficient. But do liberals have any?
Noam Chomsky’s Theory of the Good Life
The legendary leftist intellectual discusses anarchism, human nature, Joe Biden and more.
The Lockdown Showed How the Economy Exploits Women. She Already Knew.
Silvia Federici has been warning for decades of what happens when we undervalue domestic labor.
George Saunders on Kindness, Capitalism and the Human Condition
One of America’s greatest living writers explores what it means to be kind in a cruel world.
The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System
Benjamin M. Friedman’s “Religion and the Rise of Capitalism” reaches back centuries to discover the theological foundations of America’s economic system.
For Sale: Souvenirs of Capitalism’s Failures
A bustling market for souvenirs of Lehman Brothers, Enron, and other casualties of the system.
An ‘Electrifying’ Economist’s Guide to the Recovery
Mariana Mazzucato, a professor who has the ears of world leaders and chief executives, envisions a post-pandemic world that redefines what is valued.
The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Showing Us How Capitalism Is Amazing, and Inadequate
Why big business needs big government and vice versa.
Book Review: ‘Bland Fanatics,’ by Pankaj Mishra
Mishra’s “Bland Fanatics” argues that many of liberalism’s exalted ideas have collapsed.
Whole Foods Founder: ‘The Whole World Is Getting Fat’
John Mackey, who espouses a high-minded version of capitalism, sold his upscale grocery chain to Amazon.
Stakeholder Capitalism Gets a Report Card. It’s Not Good.
The pandemic and the movement for racial justice have tested corporate pledges to elevate social concerns alongside shareholder interests. A new study finds companies are failing to follow through.
A Free Market Manifesto That Changed the World, Reconsidered
Milton Friedman’s libertarian economics influenced presidents and inspired “greed is good.” So what did Friedman get right — and wrong? Today’s business leaders and economists weigh in.
What Will Happen to the Republican Party if Trump Loses in 2020?
The party looks brain-dead at every spot Trump touches. But off in the corners, there’s a lot of intellectual ferment.
The Future of American Liberalism
What Biden can learn from F.D.R.
12 Artists On: The Financial Crisis
As the pandemic continues to derail the global economy, artists share works that reflect on uncertainty, capitalism and racial injustice.
What Private Equity Reveals About the Myth of Free Markets
The industry has led to more than 1.3 million job losses in the last decade. Neoliberal ideology is to blame.
What The N.B.A. Can Teach Us About Fixing Income Inequality
While nobody was looking, the N.B.A. figured out how to fight inequality.
If Black Lives Really Matter to the Rich, Philanthropy Isn’t Enough
Philanthropy alone won’t save the American dream.
The Activist Investor Done With Finance
Jeff Ubben is leaving the hedge fund he founded for a new venture focused on “inclusive capitalism.” He thinks traditional finance is played out.
Why Isn’t the Stock Market Reading the Room?
The nation is in crisis, but it’s not the market’s job to care.
Coronavirus Exposes a G.O.P. Divide: Is the Market Always Supreme?
A growing push by lawmakers and policy experts on the right is challenging some of the small-government, free-market tenets at the heart of the Republican Party’s agenda.