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 ...

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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.

Business Insider recently launched our Future of Capitalism series to examine shifting attitudes about capitalism, fairness, opportunity, hard work, and success in the US — everything from the federal ...

Introduction -- A commercial republic: 1776-1860 -- The two Americas -- The triumph of capitalism: 1865-1914 -- The age of giants -- The revolt against laissez-faire -- The business of America is ...

Pop quiz: The airline industry is an example of what market structure? If you answered oligopoly — in which an industry is dominated by a few powerful firms — you'd score a point on the capitalism ...

“Americans’ opinions of capitalism were generally steady prior to this year, but the 54 percent who now view it positively is the lowest Gallup has measured to date,” wrote the famed polling service ...

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 ...

Something much deeper than the price of eggs was at work when voters re-elected President Trump last year. Most Americans were unhappy with the country’s direction; they still are. Last month, 59 ...

Capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty than any other economic system in history. The Communist Party of China proved this. While maintaining its communist political structure, China ...