(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) While many people bandy around the term “capitalism,” it actually comes in many ...

President Barack Obama will sign into law today the $787-billion economic stimulus bill passed last week by Congress. Debate continues about the merits of the legislation, in terms of whether it will ...

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

Capitalism is often thought of as an economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their interests, and demand and supply freely set prices in markets in a way that ...