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The resurrection of John Maynard Keynes

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

Eclipsed by the ascendancy of Milton Friedman, laissez-faire's most determined antagonist is back in fashion.

Who killed global capitalism?

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

A "lost decade" for stocks? The "high water mark" of financial deregulation? Who pulled the trigger?

McCain continues war on capitalism

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

The presidential candidate just can't resist dragging the holiest Republican values through the mud

I'm a nude dancer trying to finish my Ph.D.

By Cary Tennis — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

I love being a grad student stripper but I'm worried about fallout from family and professors.

Bill Gates and Wal-Mart want to save the world

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

Call it Capitalism 2.0: Microsoft's founder and Wal-Mart's CEO say there's got to be a better way.

How the Turks made Europe safe for capitalism

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

"Luther and Suleyman": An economist feeds the Ottoman Empire into his calculator and "proves" a historical hypothesis.

Daniel Ortega's new best friend: Hugo Chavez

By Lydia Chávez — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

Former Sandinista revolutionary Ortega is back on top in Nicaragua. Will his alliance with Venezuela -- complete with subsidized oil -- be a model for the rest of Central America?

Should I stick with a failing business out of loyalty to my boss?

By Cary Tennis — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

I could jump ship, but it doesn't quite feel right.

Monopoly sells out

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

McDonald's fries on Park Place? The horror?

The Galbraith I knew

By Richard Parker — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

His biographer recalls how the late economist warned JFK about Vietnam -- and faulted conservative policies for worsening inequality in America.

Themepunks

By Cory Doctorow — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

Is it already time for the way new economy? Chapter 1 of a new science fiction novella by Cory Doctorow.

Debunking the Economist -- again

By James K. Galbraith — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

Is this the "new golden age of global capitalism"? The Economist thinks so -- and ignores the facts.

Crony capitalism goes to war

By Arianna Huffington — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

Capitalism's crown jewel: The Iraq contract.

United's ESOP fable

By Farhad Manjoo — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

Did employee stock ownership drive the airline into bankruptcy?

Fine diving

By Laurie Essig — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

Young anarchists with guts of steel raid dumpsters for edible "trash." The idea? Divert waste to end wastefulness.

The Enron bonus plan

By Arianna Huffington — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

A bankruptcy judge approves millions in new bonuses for "key" Enron employees.

Ken Lay's un-American activities

By Andrew Leonard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

There is only one force that could be responsible for this man's undermining of the capitalist system!

Capitalist pigs

By Andrew Leonard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

The sordid tales of Enron plutocrats looting the company of its treasure as their employees and shareholders faced ruin are enough to turn you into a class warrior.

Why capitalists should like estate taxes

By Sam Fleischacker — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

From Adam Smith to Thomas Jefferson, lovers of freedom have demanded that social privilege be earned -- not inherited.

Capitalism is dead. Long live capitalism!

By J. Bonasia — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

In his new book, Dinesh D'Souza argues that dot-com prosperity is just another beneficiary of the Reagan legacy.

Baffled

By Michelle Goldberg — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

He's savaged the '60s counterculture, "hip" capitalism and cyberlibertarianism, so what does Tom Frank believe in?

"A People's History of the United States"

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

Historian Howard Zinn's analysis of grass roots political movements sheds light on the flip side of American capitalism's success story.

The perils of anti-capitalism

By Damien Cave — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

At a San Francisco art exhibit, trashing the new dot-com economy is harder than it should be.

Sex, capitalism and antidepressants

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

By Rick Moody and Mary Gaitskill

Better red than brain-dead

By John Leonard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT

Why did socialism fail in the United States -- and whose loss is it, anyway?