http://dir.salon.com/topics/capitalism/?source=rss&aim=capitalism en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT By Gary Kamiya Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/24/american_populism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/24/american_populism/index.html?source=rss Today's populist rage could regenerate America -- if Obama handles it right. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/20/building_a_less_greedy_society/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/20/building_a_less_greedy_society/index.html?source=rss If Obama gives us universal healthcare, will we become better people? By David Sirota Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/09/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/09/sirota/index.html?source=rss The swine flu scare was just the latest example of why an economic theory that mixes subsidization, consolidation and deregulation endangers us all. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/09/socialism_poll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/09/socialism_poll/index.html?source=rss A new poll shows that only a small majority of people think capitalism is better than socialism. By Richard Rodriguez Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/13/economic_crisis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/13/economic_crisis/index.html?source=rss The media says Americans have the economic blues. But we're meeting these down times the way we always have: Not with resignation but with grit, compassion and humor. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/08/the_pope_and_capitalism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/08/the_pope_and_capitalism/index.html?source=rss Social justice, wealth redistribution, a new morality for Wall Street -- the pontiff throws down on capitalism By Andrew Leonard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/11/the_end_of_capitalism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/11/the_end_of_capitalism/index.html?source=rss The Reagan/Thatcher model of unregulated markets now looks "as outdated as revolutionary socialism" declares the Financial Times' Martin Wolf. Them's fighting words! By Andrew Leonard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/06/financial_panics_then_and_now/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/06/financial_panics_then_and_now/index.html?source=rss What bailout? The Dow drops 740 as a financial panic sweeps the world. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/18/capitalism_as_we_know_it/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/18/capitalism_as_we_know_it/index.html?source=rss A reflection on current affairs By Edward McClelland Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/07/17/budweiser/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/07/17/budweiser/index.html?source=rss Before it was bought by Belgium's InBev, Budweiser trampled local breweries across this land. Who's crying in their (piss) beer now? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/27/the_end_of_laissez_faire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/27/the_end_of_laissez_faire/index.html?source=rss Eclipsed by the ascendancy of Milton Friedman, laissez-faire's most determined antagonist is back in fashion. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/26/greenspan_and_capitalism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/26/greenspan_and_capitalism/index.html?source=rss A "lost decade" for stocks? The "high water mark" of financial deregulation? Who pulled the trigger? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/05/mccain_capitalism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/05/mccain_capitalism/index.html?source=rss The presidential candidate just can't resist dragging the holiest Republican values through the mud By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/04/stripper_grad_student/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/04/stripper_grad_student/index.html?source=rss I love being a grad student stripper but I'm worried about fallout from family and professors. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/01/24/bill_gates_and_wal_mart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/01/24/bill_gates_and_wal_mart/index.html?source=rss Call it Capitalism 2.0: Microsoft's founder and Wal-Mart's CEO say there's got to be a better way. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/02/ottomans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/02/ottomans/index.html?source=rss "Luther and Suleyman": An economist feeds the Ottoman Empire into his calculator and "proves" a historical hypothesis. By Lydia Chávez Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss 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? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/16/capitalism_and_contradiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/16/capitalism_and_contradiction/index.html?source=rss I could jump ship, but it doesn't quite feel right. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/12/monopoly/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/12/monopoly/index.html?source=rss McDonald's fries on Park Place? The horror? By Richard Parker Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/01/galbraith_appreciation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/01/galbraith_appreciation/index.html?source=rss His biographer recalls how the late economist warned JFK about Vietnam -- and faulted conservative policies for worsening inequality in America. By Cory Doctorow Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/09/12/themepunks_1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/09/12/themepunks_1/index.html?source=rss Is it already time for the way new economy? Chapter 1 of a new science fiction novella by Cory Doctorow. By James K. Galbraith Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/22/economist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/22/economist/index.html?source=rss Is this the "new golden age of global capitalism"? The Economist thinks so -- and ignores the facts. By Arianna Huffington Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2003/04/23/iraq_contracts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2003/04/23/iraq_contracts/index.html?source=rss Capitalism's crown jewel: The Iraq contract. By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/12/12/esop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/12/12/esop/index.html?source=rss Did employee stock ownership drive the airline into bankruptcy? By Laurie Essig Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/10/edible_trash/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/10/edible_trash/index.html?source=rss Young anarchists with guts of steel raid dumpsters for edible "trash." The idea? Divert waste to end wastefulness.