Explore how political economy examines the impacts of economic theories, like capitalism, on real-world interactions and policies globally.

During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump declared that he could “shoot somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue and I wouldn’t lose any voters.” Last week, a block away on Sixth Avenue, an assassin killed ...

Heretics always remain tied to the church. To break out, what you do is nail your theses on the door, turn around and develop your own framework.” Most students of Anwar Shaikh, including the ...

State capitalism. MAGA Marxism. Crony capitalism. "When the American government appears to favor a company over rival companies, that distorts the marketplace," says Ann Lipton, a veteran business law ...

People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, "College students prefer socialism to capitalism." Socialism guru Noam Chomsky tells students that. He says the Soviet Union "was ...

Capitalism has proven itself to be an extraordinary engine for creating wealth and improving standards of living, as well as promoting the rule of law, representative government, and more free and ...

Capitalism and racism go together? I hear it all the time. "Racism is intricately linked to capitalism," says famous Marxist Angela Davis. "It's a mistake to assume that we can combat racism by ...

In the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s election victory earlier this month, it became clear that socialism is more of a rising threat on the left than ever before. It’s also clear the GOP could no ...

There seems to be no advanced industrial democracy in the world more politically divided, or politically dysfunctional, than the United States. Recently I have been asking myself, “how did we get to ...

Based on papers submitted to a symposium held at the 5th World Archaeological Congress in Washington, D.C. in 2003. pt. 1. Introduction: From ethics to politics / Yannis Hamilakis -- pt. 2. Ethics in ...

A conference of the Victorian Socialists (VS), the electoral front of the pseudo-left Socialist Alternative (SAlt), ratified a national expansion over the weekend. VS will be renamed “the Socialist ...

He covers a wide range of political and policy issues with a special focus on questions that internally divide the American ...