Capitalism is not, as its defenders like to claim, defined by “free” or “private” enterprises. Likewise, “free” or “unregulated” markets do not define capitalism. Politics and ideology drive its ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Trust in capitalism has especially diminished among young people, to ...

Cartoon in Puck featuring notable robber barons of the 19th century. Via Wikimedia Commons. While the term has largely gone out of style, robber baron was an expression used to negatively describe ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand how the public views socialism and capitalism. For this analysis, we surveyed 7,647 adults from Aug. 1-14, 2022. The survey was primarily ...

The essayist Eula Biss focuses her new book on what seems to be a simple question. What is capitalism? For her, the answer to that question is complicated and elusive and comes in the form of short, ...

Every time I write about conversations with entrepreneurs, more than one person will email to ask some version of, “Why do you glorify greedy capitalists?” I’m used to it, but it still bugs me. For ...

Republicans express intensely negative views of “socialism” and highly positive views of “capitalism.” By contrast, majorities of Democrats view both terms positively, though only modest shares have ...

Recently I had a conversation with a friend who was upset that a corporation was able to get the government to use its power of eminent domain to take the land from several people for a ...