In: Economics

Capitalism

Just as Winston Churchill once said of democracy, capitalism might be the worst economic system, except for all the others. So you’ll find plenty of research, analyses and viewpoints here – both pro and con – on capitalism and the ongoing debates about it.

Summaries

8 Article

Where Capitalism Is Working
What the World Can Learn From Switzerland, Taiwan, and Vietnam
Ruchir Sharma
Foreign Affairs, 2024
9 Book

Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty
Belknap Press, 2014
9 Book

The Myth That Made Us
How False Beliefs about Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It)
Jeff Fuhrer
MIT Press, 2023
8 Book

A Brief History of Equality
Thomas Piketty
Belknap Press, 2022
9 Book

The Future of Capitalism
How Today's Economic Forces Shape Tomorrow's World
Lester C. Thurow
Penguin, 1996
8 Podcast

A Guide to the ‘Legal Fictions’ That Create Wealth, Inequality and Economic Crises
The legal scholar Katharina Pistor examines the hidden legal layer propping up our modern economic system.
Ezra Klein et al.
The New York Times, 2023
6 Book

Capitalism
The Unknown Ideal
Ayn Rand et al.
Signet, 1986
9 Article

Amsterdam Is Embracing a Radical New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Also Replace Capitalism?
Ciara Nugent
Time, 2021
7 Book

Making Light Work
An End to Toil in the Twenty-First Century
David A. Spencer
Polity Press, 2022
8 Book

The Man Who Broke Capitalism
How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How to Undo His Legacy
David Gelles
Simon & Schuster, 2022
7 Book

Lost in Work
Escaping Capitalism
Amelia Horgan
Pluto Press, 2021
8 Book

Building Social Business
The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs
Muhammad Yunus
Public Affairs, 2010