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 ...

Business Insider spoke to readers in their 20s to 80s about what capitalism means to them and why some of them are rethinking the system.

Americans' faith in capitalism is declining, according to a new Gallup poll. The number of Americans saying they view capitalism positively in 2025 is 54 percent, down from 60 percent in 2021.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) While many people bandy around the term “capitalism,” it actually comes in many ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Jessica Mendoza: In the United States, the economic system is usually described ...

In 2026, America will mark a remarkable convergence of anniversaries. It will be the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, which explained how free people, trading freely, could ...

Attention to individual acts of market intervention, however, has so far failed to fully understand the Trump administration’s actions as part of a single, evolving pattern of state behavior.

America’s president, Donald Trump, is taking things further. He sees companies as a useful tool to enhance state power. He ...

H. Sami Karaca receives funding from the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute. While many people bandy around the term “capitalism,” it actually comes in many different forms. The most basic definition of ...