The New York Times claimed in its 1619 Project that plantation slavery was the basis for American capitalism. However, ...

The feeling arrived as a sense of wanting to get away. Then I thought I was too hot, my frequent complaint, never voiced, ...

Introduction There was a chilling element of truth to U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim in his October 13, 2025 speech to ...

When everyone has a genius in their pocket, they will be less vulnerable to mis-selling – benefiting them and improving ...

The Declaration of Independence was as much economic as political, resisting the mercantilist system favored by the British. That same year, Adam Smith published “The Wealth of Nations,” providing ...

In this epic account, Bancroft Prize–winning historian Beckert (Empire of Cotton) charts the rise of the modern global economic order. Capitalism’s emergence represents “a fundamental break in human ...

The Trump administration's recent business dealings are inspiring market observers to call the strategy "state capitalism" or "national capitalism." The latest example was the government's deal to ...

A new book called "Ages of American Capitalism" explores the Federal Reserve's role and other dimensions of economic history in America. Its author, historian Jonathan Levy, joins "The Takeout" to ...

Since the re-election of President Donald Trump, many prominent American corporations, including Amazon, Meta, and Target, have abandoned their diversity efforts just a few years after launching them ...

Objective: to analyze the relationships between the development of the Nursing labor and of capitalism over the 200 years of Florence Nightingale. Method: a logical-reflective and theoretical ...