Economic collapse shattered Germany in the 1930s, allowing fascism to rise from the wreckage. Amid national humiliation and mass unemployment, Hitler exploited the public fear, redirected economic ...

Making markets -- The capitalist constitution / Woody Holton -- What was the great bull market? / Julia Ott -- The new york city fiscal crisis and the idea of the state / Kim Phillips-Fein -- ...

This was never going to last. Such seemingly stable orders never do. The centuries-long history of capitalism shows that ...

Introduction -- Book one: The age of commerce, 1660-1860. Preface: Commerce ; Mercantilism ; Organic economy, household economy ; Republican political economy ; Capitalism and the democracy ; ...

The Wealth of a Nation: Institutional Foundations of English Capitalism, by Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Princeton University Press, 304 pages, $39.95 A galaxy of brilliant scholars have tried to account for ...

In a recent paper on “The evolution of the Swedish market model,” the economists Nima Sanandaji, Victor Ström, Mouna Esmaeilzadeh and Saeid Esmaeilzadeh show that “Sweden historically pioneered many ...

Capitalism has long been heralded by many economists as the best economic system around, rewarding — and therefore encouraging — competition and innovation, creating wealth, stimulating growth and ...

A Colorado history teacher who introduced a resolution that sought to "dismantle capitalism and replace it with a new, equitable economic system" on Tuesday announced a bid to win a seat in the ...

S ince our country was founded in 1776, its unique brand of capitalism has evolved over time to become a great engine for change, according to The Wall Street Journal’s editor Emma Tucker as she ...

Palo Alto is haunted. “Unseen lineages of historical responsibility” lurk amidst the oak trees on Stanford’s campus and the sleek venture capital offices on Sand Hill Road, giving the town — and the ...

I regard my hometown of Palo Alto — once a sleepy middle-class suburb, now Silicon Valley’s globally renowned epicenter — with a mix of ambivalence and affection. Malcolm Harris, the author of the 700 ...

Average people view New York City as a dumpster fire with an oppressive government and rampant crime. They are spot on. Today’s version of the city is a mess because of tax-and-spend city (and state) ...