The Industrial Revolution was a turning point in human history, marking the shift from agrarian societies to industrialized ...

In moments of crisis, it’s easy to think that capitalism is finished. But never forget the system’s formidable ability to ...

The New Yorker's John Cassidy joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the ...

Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political ...

Does the 18th-century system, based on colonial monopolies such as the one held by the East India Company, belong to the same tradition as the industrial, factory-based capitalism of the 19th century?

CAPITALISM AND ITS CRITICS: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI | By John Cassidy | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | 609 pp. | $36 Jennifer Szalai is the nonfiction book critic for The Times.

Back in 1930, industrial capitalism seemed to be in a doom spiral. “What the bourgeoisie produces, above all, are its own grave diggers,” Marx and Engels wrote gleefully in The Communist Manifesto, ...

Capitalism and economic globalization have no shortage of critics. As Cassidy shows, their criticisms have remained strikingly consistent over the centuries.

Critics have always reminded us: Capitalism is a choice John Cassidy’s “Capitalism and Its Critics” is a rewarding guide to the many fascinating attempts throughout history to rethink or ...

Surveillance capitalism extracts personal data to predict and manipulate behavior, reshaping capitalism and raising privacy concerns.

Growing bipartisan support for industrial policy and the growing bipartisan indifference towards addressing the national debt are two major threats to the health of democratic capitalism in the ...