What happens when a DSA politician takes charge of the largest city in the? Zohran Mamdani’s early record is filled with ...

Explore socialism's history, core theories, and modern examples of socialist countries. Learn how socialism compares to capitalism and its role in today's global economy.

On Oct. 27, Tom Flickinger presented Observer-Reporter readers with a political commentary entitled, “What is socialism and has it ever worked?” I found it interesting that Flickinger would choose ...

Democratic capitalism is a system that marries liberal democracy and free-market capitalism. This union creates tensions, and requires balancing competing aims. But this tension is healthy, not ...

With the constant barrage of news, it is easy to focus on the president’s newest outrage. Less obvious, permanent damage is being done to our republic’s founding principle of “democratic capitalism.” ...

In recent decades, the American economy has been characterized by rising inequality, shrinking free time, and the growing concentration of economic and political power, increasingly undermining the ...

Socialism cannot mean merely managing capitalism more fairly. It must point toward a society where survival is no longer ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Valerie L. Myers, Ph.D., University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) Ask someone what a ...

On this week’s show, Professor Wolff presents an analysis of how and why capitalism is an undemocratic economic system. The first half is devoted to the micro-level, namely to the organization of the ...

The relationship between capitalism and democracy in America isn’t always easy—and it has been that way since 1776. After the American Revolution, no one was more responsible for setting capitalism’s ...