American economics departments don’t teach Karl Marx or Arthur Laffer for the same reason: their economic theories were wrong ...

Though it may seem strange, Karl Marx was not always a communist. As late as 1842, when Marx was in his mid-20s, he actually said he opposed any attempt to establish a communist system. In October ...

Before industrialization societies were stationary. Afterwards, growth became the new norm. The challenge was how to encase it in conceptual thinking. Economics was invented to do so. The first ...

When OpenAI's Sam Altman told reporters in San Francisco earlier this year that the AI sector is in a bubble, the American tech market reacted almost instantly.

Tom Steyer has replaced Howard Schultz as the dumb, vain billionaire in the presidential race (Schultz hasn’t definitely dropped out, but he’s at least on hiatus). Though Steyer hasn’t quite yet ...

In a classroom in Fisk Hall, a small group of students sits down to talk about the intricacies of Karl Marx’s philosophy. Every week, the students discuss different readings on topics ranging from ...

If Karl Marx hadn't died in 1883, we can suppose he'd be used to being misunderstood and demonized by now. His story and his ideas are certainly more complex than many of us realize. Love and Capital: ...

In “Summer of Fire and Blood,” Lyndal Roper tells the story of the serfs who fought for a better life and the elites who co-opted their movement. By Thomas Meaney What good is one of the communist ...

Hasan Piker argues Democrats are struggling to construct effective media narratives. On “Interesting Times,” he tells Ross Douthat why he thinks conservatives are better at pushing their message. By ...

IN 1983, while the International Socialist Organization was still a very young group, Duncan Hallas came to the U.S. to give a national tour of meetings about Karl Marx--in honor of the 100th ...